Tomato Marmande Climbing 1 g Seeds
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Lycopersicon lycopersicum l.
Tomato Marmande 1 g seeds. An early, very productive climbing salad tomato. Marmande fruits are medium to large, slightly flattened and ribbed. It can be used both in salads and, when fully ripe, for tomato paste.
This is an open-pollinated variety. You can save seeds from your plants and sow them next season.
Marmande tomato growing instructions are included with every order.
The tomato is grown as an annual plant and belongs to the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
Tomatoes usually have round, edible red fruits. Although often classed as a vegetable, the tomato is botanically a fruit. It is eaten on its own, in salads and in sauces, and is grown all year round in greenhouses.
The seed packet is made of foil, which keeps the tomato seeds in perfect condition for maximum germination.
A wide range of tomatoes. Buy and grow tomatoes from seed. The tomato fruit – botanically a fruit – is usually round but comes in many sizes and shapes. Tomatoes are usually red but also come in other colours such as yellow and black. Tomatoes contain a pigment called lycopene, which is why they start green and then turn red. Fruits weighing more than 450 g are classed as beefsteak tomatoes. The Latin name of the tomato is Solanum lycopersicum, and it belongs to the nightshade family (Solanaceae). The tomato comes from Central and South America and is usually grown as an annual.
There are two types of tomato: indeterminate (climbing) and determinate (bush). Indeterminate and semi-determinate tomatoes need support with string, canes or wire, while determinate tomatoes need no support as they stop growing upwards on their own.
The tomato genome was decoded and published in the journal Nature in May 2012, the work of 300 scientists from 14 countries. This will help breed improved varieties of tomato and of related crops such as aubergine, pepper and potato – the tomato and potato genomes differ by only about 8%!
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