30+ Bonny Best Tomato Seeds, Heirloom Non-GMO, Indeterminate, Open-Pollinated, Old-Fashioned Taste, Smooth, Sweet, Juicy and Heavy-Yielding, Delicious, from USA
Brand: Harley Seeds
Color: green
(Solanum lycopersicum) Old heirloom variety that produces very firm scarlet fruit with few seeds. It became one of the most respected canning varieties in America in the first half of the twentieth century. Medium-sized fruit are round, red, meaty and loaded with an old-fashioned flavor. A good producer that makes a fine slicer too. Becoming hard to find due to modern, flavorless hybrids. The medium sized, 6 to 8 ounce fruits are crack resistant and have a superb flavor. Bonny Best is highly adaptable, and performs especially well in the North. Bonny Best tomato plants may be grown flat, or stake well for approximately 5′ (1.5 meters) of vertical growth with heavy clusters of fruit. Expect abundant yields of smooth, scarlet colored, solid, meaty tomatoes. These tomatoes grow thick and bushy with lots of tomatoes on them. Introduced in 1908 by Walter P. Stokes seed house. Indeterminate. Open pollinated. 75 days. HOW TO GROW: Once a few true leaves have developed, seedlings should be slowly moved outside (if sprouted indoors) to ambient light. Care should be taken not to expose seedlings to direct, scorching sun so plants may need to be hardened off via slow sun exposure. Hardening off can be done using a shaded or filtered light location, as well as protection from strong winds, rain or low humidity. Hardening off time varies, but can take 5-10 days. *** **SOIL Temperature for Germination: 70F **Plant Spacing: 24", **Hardiness: Zones 4-10 **Sun Requirement: Full Sun, **Days to Germination: 7-14 days under optimal conditions, **Germination Rate: 96%.
Bonny Best Tomato Seeds, Heirloom NON-GMO, Indeterminate, Open-Pollinated, Old-Fashioned Taste, Smooth, Sweet, Juicy and Heavy-Yielding, Delicious, 75 days. Height at Maturity: 6-8 ft.
Keep moist, not letting the seeds dry out between watering. **SOIL Temperature for Germination: 70-75F. Planting Depth: 1/4". Sprout tomato seeds in small containers, preferably 4" or smaller. In-ground germination is not recommended. Use a standard potting mix that is well drained.
Start seeds in containers approximately 8 weeks prior to the planned set-out date. Plants should ultimately be transplanted to the garden 1-2 weeks after the expected date of last frost. Soil should be kept consistently warm, from 70-85F. Cool soils, below about 60-65F, even just at night, will significantly delay or inhibit germination. Additionally, overly warm soils, well above 90F, can inhibit germination and provide ideal conditions for seed rot.
Over watering can cause fungal growth which leads to seed rot. Excess water can also bury seeds deep in the soil where they will not be able break the surface. Water when the soil surface just begins to dry.
Multiple seeds can be planted in a single starter container, but should be thinned once seedlings appear so only a single plant remains. Seeds do not require light for germination but some light source should be provided for seedlings once they emerge from the soil.