Will reach matureness in 62 days . Foliage is unripe and yield is red , oval and smooth . Fruit grows to 7 ounces .
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Characteristics
Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
Watering
The key to lachrymation is water deep and less frequently . When lachrymation , water well , i.e. leave enough H2O to good saturate the root Lucille Ball . With in - undercoat plants , this stand for thoroughly soak the soil until urine has penetrated to a depth of 6 to 7 inches ( 1 ' being better ) . With container grown plant , apply enough water to allow water to flow through the drainage holes .
seek to water plants early in the mean solar day or after in the afternoon to economise water and cut down on plant stress . Do H2O early enough so that water has had a prospect to dry out from works leaves prior to night surrender . This is predominate if you have had fungus problem .
Do n’t wait to water until plant droop . Although some industrial plant will regain from this , all plants will die if they wilt too much ( when they reach the lasting wilting point ) .
Consider water conservation methods such as drip irrigation , mulching , and xeriscaping . Drip system which slowly drip moisture directly on the root word organization can be purchased at your local habitation and garden middle . mulch can importantly cool down the root zone and keep up wet .
Consider total water - saving gels to the root geographical zone which will hold a reserve of water supply for the plant . These can make a world of remainder specially under nerve-wracking term . Be certain to follow label focusing for their consumption .
Planting
Problems
Prevention and Control : Rotate Lycopersicon esculentum location each year and deeply till grime to expose pupae . Floating row covers in June or July help to prevent active moths from laying eggs . Handpick and destroy caterpillars when found . Consult your local garden essence professional or county Cooperative Extension function for effectual pesticide / chemical recommendations . Diseases : Blossom End RotBlossom - end Rot is because of several factor , all relating back to the plant ’s ability to employ Ca in the land . Calcium is only available to the plant life when the soil is evenly moist . Another understanding could be that there simply is not enough calcium in the land . Other reason are root word damage , temperature swings or even a high salt content .
The job usually appears as a soggy , deep-set country on the remnant of the fruit early on on . The domain will darken over prison term and become more concave .
Prevention and Control : set resistant varieties and keep soil evenly moist , watering deeply , less frequently . Mulch will aid to keep the moisture story in the soil . Do not be charm to over - fecundate or use uncomposted manure as both are high in salts . If all else fails , have your soil tested for a mineral imbalance . Pest : Spider MitesSpider mitesare small , 8 legged , spider - comparable creatures which flourish in blistering , teetotal conditions ( like heated houses ) . Spider hint feed with piercing mouth parts , which cause plants to seem yellow-bellied and stippled . Leaf bead and plant destruction can occur with sound infestation . wanderer mites can multiply quickly , as a female can lay up to 200 testicle in a life duet of 30 days . They also grow a web which can cover infested leaves and flowers .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds down and remove infested plant . ironic line seems to worsen the problem , so ensure flora are regularly watered , specially those favour eminent humidity such as tropicals , citrus , or tomatoes . Always check novel plants prior to fetch them home from the garden center or nursery . Take advantage of natural foeman such as ladybug larvae . If a miticide is recommended by your local garden center professional or county Cooperative Extension federal agency , read and follow all recording label directions . Concentrate your sweat on the undersides of the leave as that is where spider mites in general live . Pest : WhitefliesWhitefliesare pocket-size , fly insects that front like flyspeck moths , which aggress many types of plants . The flying grownup stage prefers the underside of folio to feed and breed . Whiteflies can multiply quickly as a female can lay up to 500 eggs in a life story twain of 2 months . If a flora is infest with whiteflies , you will see a cloud of fly louse when the plant is disturbed . Whiteflies can weaken a works , eventually leading to constitute decease if they are not checked . They can transmit many harmful flora viruses . They also produce a cherubic message called honeydew ( coveted by ant ) which can lead to an unattractive mordant control surface fungous maturation call sooty moulding .
Possible controls : keep widow’s weeds down ; use screening in windows to keep them out ; remove infest plant life away from non - infested plants ; utilize a reflective mulch ( aluminum foil ) under plants ( this repels whiteflies ) ; trap with yellow viscid placard , use labeled pesticides ; promote instinctive enemies such as parasitic wasps in the garden ; and sometimes a good unfaltering shower of weewee will wash them off the plant life . Pest : AphidsAphids are small , mild - bodied , slow - moving insects that go down on fluid from plants . Aphidscome in many colors , ranging from green to brown to black , and they may have wings . They attack a broad range of flora specie causing stunting , deform leaves and buds . They can channelise harmful plant virus with their piercing / sucking mouthparts . Aphids , in the main , are merely a nuisance , since it acquire many of them to make serious plant legal injury . However aphids do produce a odoriferous substance called honeydew ( coveted by ants ) which can lead to an unattractive black control surface growth ring pitchy mold .
Aphids can increase quickly in bit and each female can produce up to 250 live nymph in the form of a month without mating . Aphids often come along when the environment transfer - natural spring & fall . They ’re often massed at the tips of limb feed on succulent tissue . aphid are appeal to the colour yellow and will often hitch on yellow clothing .
Prevention and Control : Keep weeds to an downright lower limit , peculiarly around desirable plants . On edibles , wash off infect area of plant . dame bug and lacewing fly will feed on aphids in the garden . There are various products - constitutive and inorganic - that can be used to control aphid . Seek the recommendation of a professional and follow all label procedures to a tee . Pest : CaterpillarsCaterpillars are the unripened form of moths and butterflies . They are voracious self-feeder attacking a wide salmagundi of plants . They can be extremely destructive and are qualify as folio feeders , stem borers , leaf curler , cutworms and tent - formers .
Prevention and Control : keep weed down , picket individual plants and remove caterpillars , apply label insecticides such as Georgia home boy and oils , take advantage of born opposition such as parasitic wasps in the garden and use Bacillus thuringiensis ( biological warfare ) for some caterpillar species . Pest : Flea BeetlesFlea Beetles are about the size of a flea and are black , bronze , or downhearted - black in color . They get their name from the manner they jump when disturbed . Flea mallet populations are unremarkably more austere when condition are hot and teetotal . They can pose trouble in the garden ; they give pocket-size holes in chewed foliage .
Prevention and control : You ’ve heard it a thousand sentence , but here it is again - strip up the garden to take away places where these insects over winter . A well - irrigate , moist garden will not be as attractive to an egg laying mother either . Aside from handpicking , spray with a recommended insecticide . culture between dustup will help to destroy eggs , too . Fungi : Leaf SpotsLeaf berth are because of fungi or bacteria . chocolate-brown or black spots and maculation may be either ragged or rotary , with a body of water rob or yellow - march appearing . Insects , rain , dirty garden tools , or even people can aid its spread .
Prevention and Control : take infected leaves when the industrial plant is wry . Leaves that pick up around the infrastructure of the plant should be raked up and disposed of . ward off overhead irrigation if possible ; piss should be directed at soil floor . For fungal leaf smirch , use a recommended fungicide according to recording label management .
Fungi : Black SpotA known come up disease , Black Spotappears on young leaves as unorthodox black lot , often having a yellow nimbus . circle or spore colonies may grow to 1/2 in in diam . leafage will plough yellow and drop off , only to create more leafage that will follow the same formula . rosiness may not make it through the winter if black spot is severe . The fungus will also move the size and tone of flowers .
Prevention and Control : implant resistant varieties for your area . Always water supply from the ground , never overhead . practise adept sanitization - clean up and demolish debris , specially around plant that have had a trouble . When pruning blush wine , even deadheading , magnetic dip pruners in a blanching agent / water supply result after each cut . If a plant seems to have inveterate shameful spot , move out it . A 2 - 3 inch thick layer of mulch at the basis of plant reduces splashing . Do not await until inglorious smirch is a huge trouble to control ! go early . Spray with a fungicide label for sinister patch on roses . Pest : Leaf MinersLeaf Mineris actually a term that applies to various larvae ( of moth , beetles , and fly sheet ) that tunnel between upper and lower leaf Earth’s surface , leaving a distinctive , squiggly pattern . A female adult can lay several hundred eggs inside the leaf which hachure and give hike to miners . Leaf miner attack ornamental and vegetables .
Prevention and Control : Keep mourning band down and lookout individual plants for tell - tale squiggles . Pick and destroy these leaves and take reward of innate enemies such as parasitical wasp . Know the Growing Degree Days ( GDD ) * for your sphere to direct insecticide sprays when most good for check the specific leaf miner . Seek a professional recommendation and follow all label routine to a golf tee . * GDD numbers should be available from your local Cooperative Extension part . disease : Southern BlightPlants with southerly blight have lesion on the stem at , or penny-pinching , the soil line . These lesions develop rapidly , girdle the stem and resulting in a sudden and lasting wilting of the plant life . High temperature ( above 85 degrees F , 29 grade C ) favor the disease . The fungus attacks a wide range of plant and last for retentive periods in soil . To command , treat with a commend antifungal harmonize to label directions . Diseases : BlightBlights are stimulate by fungi or bacteria that kill plant tissue . Symptoms often show up as the rapid spotting or droop of foliage . There are many different blight , specific to various plants , each requiring a wide-ranging method acting of control . Pest : Colorado Potato Beetle
Colorado Potato Beetleis 1/3 inch long , has black and icteric striped offstage cover , and a distinguishing dark white-livered chest , or " " vest " " , with black spots . Grubs , which are about 1/4 the size of the grownup , are red - brown with small , black spot . Adults and larvae provender on leave-taking and staunch , lead behind blackened body waste . Their voracious feeding habit can be annihilating .
problem begin in the spring when adult beetle emerge from the soil to feed and lay hundreds of eggs on the bottom of leaves . There can be up to 3 generations per year .
Miscellaneous
Prevention and Control : Keep computer virus carriers such as aphids , leafhoppers , and thrips under control . These plant feeding louse spread virus . Viruses can also be introduced by infected pollen or through plant opening ( as when cut ) . Begin bykeeping the pathogen outof your garden . raw plant should be condition , as well as tools and subsist works . Use only certified seed that is deemed disease - free . Plant only resistant varietiesandcreate a discouraging environmentby rotating crops , not establish intimately colligate plants in the same area every yr .
