TOMATO-GREEN ZEBRA
TOMATO-GREEN ZEBRA
A$3.50
Availability: 30 in stock
Salanum lycopersicum
TOMATO-GREEN ZEBRA is a true beauty with emerald-green skin, dark green & cream vertical stripes & delicious green flesh. Ready to be eaten fresh, or, by preserving & enjoyed year-round. High yielding determinate plants produce oodles of 4-7cm fruits. The flavor is generally considered excellent & this variety often makes top ten lists for its taste & Green Zebra is not only tasty but it’s unusual. It brightens up salads & other dishes & is used heavily in salads & salsa for its mildly sweet flavor.
Sow in a good mix of soil and lightly cover, keep moist but not wet. Transplant when seedlings achieve 4-6 leaves.
| Germination Time (Days) | 10 – 20 |
| Harvest Time (Days) | 80 – 120 |
| Sowing Depth (mm) | 5 |
| Plant Spacing (cm) | 40 – 60 |
| Row Spacing (cm) | 50 – 70 |
| pH | 5 – 7.5 |
| Soil Temperature (°C) | – |
| Hardy / Frost Tender | Frost Tender |
| Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings | Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings |
| Seed Preparation | – |
Scoville Heat Units (SHU)
Plant Height
120 - 180 cm (4 - 6 feet)
Season of Interest
Summer
Temperature Range
20 - 25 °C
Determine / Indeterminate
Annual / Perennial / Biennial
Annual
Frost Hardy / Tender
Frost tender
Full Sun / Part Sun / Shade
Full Sun
Sow Direct / Raise Seedlings
Raise seedlings
Soil
Loamy, well-drained soil
pH
6.0 - 6.8
Soil Temperature
21 - 27 °C (70 - 80 °F)
Seed Preparation
Start indoors, transplant after frost
Sowing Depth
0.5 - 1 cm (0.2 - 0.4 inches)
Plant Spacing
45 - 60 cm (18 - 24 inches)
Row spacing
90 cm (36 inches)
Watering
Regular, avoid wet foliage
Germination Time (Days)
5 - 10 days
Harvest Time (Days)
75 - 80 days
Good Companion Plants
Carrots, marigold
Bad Companion Plants
Potatoes, Fennel
Pests
Tomato hornworms, Aphids
Diseases
Blight, Fusarium wilt
More About Us
When I started this journey in 2009, I found nothing existed commercially, that was reasonably priced and easy to use. There was a homemade system which I also found was not that user-friendly.
Then a friend of mine told me about a homemade method she used. However, when I tried her method, I found this also didn’t suit my needs, as it too had flaws that I considered where important. It did not keep vermin out, did not have a lockable lid and (to me) looked unsightly in the garden
