Purple Calabash, Aztec heirloom tomato seeds
€1.65
Purple Calabash, Aztec heirloom tomato seeds
Price for Package of 5 seeds.
Ruffled fruit, luscious flavor, drought-tolerant, crack-resistant, drought-tolerant tomato, stores well. Probably the most 'purple' of all the purple varieties. Purple Calabash dates back to the Aztecs of pre-Columbian Mexico, who mixed it with hot chiles and ground squash seeds to make
Purple Calabash, Aztec heirloom tomato seeds
Price for Package of 5 seeds.
Ruffled fruit, luscious flavor, drought-tolerant, crack-resistant, drought-tolerant tomato, stores well.
Probably the most 'purple' of all the purple varieties. Purple Calabash dates back to the Aztecs of pre-Columbian Mexico, who mixed it with hot chiles and ground squash seeds to make a special salsa for fish and meat. Its flavor is rich and concentrated like a simmered sauce.
Fantastic fresh, it really comes through in sauces and pastes.
Dark red and ruffled as a prom dress, Purple Calabash is typical of tomatoes pictured in 16th Century Herbal books before tomatoes were bred to look perfect.
Crack-resistant and stores well.
Indeterminate. 85 days.
VT 111 (5 S)
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Data sheet
- Handpicked seeds ?
- Handpicked seeds
- HEIRLOOM ?
- Yes
- Organic Seeds ?
- Organic Seeds
- Organic/natural ?
- Organic/Natural: Yes
- Edible ?
- Edible
- Tomato Variety ?
- Indeterminate
- Sowing depth ?
- Sowing depth 3 mm
- Life Cycle:
- Perennial plant : Yes
- Plant is suitable for growing ?
- The plant is suitable for growing in a greenhouse
The plant is suitable for outdoors cultivation - Manufacturer ?
- Manufacturer: Seeds Gallery
- Plant height ?
- Plant height (about) 150 - 200 cm
- Origin Country of Variety ?
- Variety from: Mexico
- Scientific name:
- Solanum lycopersicum
- Sun Exposure ?
- Full sun from an early age
- Growth Rate ?
- Medium Growth Rate
- Type:
- Vegetable Seeds
- Common Name:
- Tomato
- Planting Time?
- Planting Time: Spring
- Indoor/Outdoor?
- Indoor/Outdoor: Outdoor
- Soil Type?
- Soil Type: Any
- Watering?
- Watering: Medium
- Cultivating Difficulty?
- Cultivating Difficulty: Very easy
Purple Calabash, Aztec heirloom tomato seeds
Price for Package of 5 seeds.
Ruffled fruit, luscious flavor, drought-tolerant, crack-resistant, drought-tolerant tomato, stores well. Probably the most 'purple' of all the purple varieties. Purple Calabash dates back to the Aztecs of pre-Columbian Mexico, who mixed it with hot chiles and ground squash seeds to make