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Tomato Red Pear in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Solanum Lycopersicum 'Red Pear'

 

Tomato 'Red Pear'

'Red Pear' is an old variety, with red pear-shaped fruit. It is usually grown under glass for best results, and will grow up to 1.8m when supported on a stake. Yellow flowers are held on trusses and produce up to 10 fruits. Side shoots need to be pinched out at leaf joints and careful watering is a must to prevent fruit splitting and keep water off the foliage as blight can be a problem.

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plant Features
  • Tomato Red Pear likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Tomato Red Pear likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Tomato Red Pear is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Tomato Red Pear likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Tomato 'Red Pear'

Latin name

Solanum Lycopersicum 'Red Pear'

type

Fruiting Vine

family

Solanaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Tomato Red Pear likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Tomato Red Pear is not frost hardy

    Not Frost hardy

  • Soil

    Tomato Red Pear likes rich and free draining

    Rich and free draining

  • Water

    Tomato Red Pear likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant
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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Tomato Red Pear is 0.60meters x 1.60meters 0.60 M 1.60 M

Solanum Lycopersicum 'Red Pear'

'Red Pear' is an old variety, with red pear-shaped fruit. It is usually grown under glass for best results, and will grow up to 1.8m when supported on a stake. Yellow flowers are held on trusses and produce up to 10 fruits. Side shoots need to be pinched out at leaf joints and careful watering is a must to prevent fruit splitting and keep water off the foliage as blight can be a problem.


Planting

From Mid Spring TO Early Summer

Plant tomato plants grown from seed into the greenhouse border, when they are big enough to handle, and when risk of frost has passed. For outdoor varieties, young tender plants need to be hardened off, gradually, first in a cold-frame, and then in the open, before planting into their permanent position.

 

Propagation by seed

From Early Spring TO Mid Spring

Grow from seed in early spring in heat, one seed per tray division, or pot. Fill 9cm (3½in) pot with seed or multipurpose compost.Level and firm the compost, then water. Sow seeds on the compost surface, spacing them evenly, about 1/2" apart, (to help prevent "damping off" disease). Cover the seed with a layer of vermiculite, or sifted soil or compost. Keep at approximately 21°C (70°F), ideally in a heated propagator, When seedlings are big enough to handle, plant out in to a greenhouse - at least 16" apart - or, although less satisfactory, to a sunny windowsill

 
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