Tomato Ace 55 VF Semi-Determinate 0.4 g Seed Packet
Solanum lycopersicum l.
Ace 55 VF is a semi-determinate, mid-late salad tomato. It's well suited to outdoor growing without pruning. Its fruits are large, round and slightly flattened. The packet contains 0.4 g of seed. Fruit weight 190 g; 300–400 seeds per gram.
This is an open-pollinated variety. You can save seeds from your plants and sow them next season.
Ace 55 VF tomato growing instructions are included with every order.
The tomato is grown as an annual plant and belongs to the nightshade family (Solanaceae). Indeterminate (climbing) and semi-determinate tomatoes need support with string or canes. So-called determinate (bush) tomatoes don't need support, as they stop growing at the tip and don't keep growing upwards.
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.
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 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%!
