Tomato Ukranian Purple
Tomato Ukranian Purple. This reliable and productive Ukrainian heirloom variety produces purplish black plum shaped fruits of 3-4″ long and of around 6 ounces in abundance.  Excellent sweet flavour at their best when eaten fresh. One of the best purplish-black tomatoes available since it does not crack or have bad shoulders. Indeterminate / Cordon type – 80 days from transplant.
Cultivation Advice Tomato Ukranian Purple
- Sow in spring 1/16 inch deep.
- Germination takes around 6-14 days at 65-75F.
- Transplant the seedlings when large enough to handle into 3 inch pots.
- Grow on under cooler conditions and when about 8 inches tall,
- either plant in their growing position in the greenhouse
- or gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions
- and plant out 18 inches apart in a warm and sunny spot in moist,
- fertile well drained soil and keep watered.
- Provide support and tie in regularly.
- Remove side shoots and restrict the plant to one main stem.
- In late summer remove the growing tip to hasten ripening.