Description
by Johnny’s Seeds USA
Bred for earliness, disease resistance, and flavor.
This mid-size slicer has high resistance to late blight and intermediate resistance to early blight combined with great flavor. The 6–8 oz., globe-shaped fruit are smooth and medium-firm with good texture. Deep red internal and external color. High-yielding, medium-sized plants are widely adaptable. Defiant was traditionally bred to inherit the Ph-2 and Ph-3 major genes for late blight (Phytophthora) resistance. Our thanks to North Carolina State University for collaborating with us to develop this variety. Determinate. USDA Certified Organic.
Disease Resistance:
- Early Blight (Intermediate)
- Fusarium Wilt races 1, 2 (High)
- Late Blight (High)
- Verticillium Wilt (High)
Use 1 Seed per hole for Tower Farms
Fruiting Crops require a longer time to mature (2 – 4 months based on variety), but they give an abundance of fruits for a long time once they mature. It is highly recommended not to grow more than 1 type of fruiting crop per tower.
Plant only a maximum of 3 plants of Tomato per Tower, and only 1 plant per Tower Pot. Do not plant tomatoes on the bottom-most Tower Pot to avoid DWC (Deep Water Culture).
Tomato Plants require manual pruning for optimized harvests. As the plant grows, cut all “sucker” stems as highlighted in the pictures, making sure to keep only the very first sucker under the first fruiting stem for each plant. If you do not cut the suckers, the plant will struggle to give fruits and will result in a large plant but with very low fruit yield.
Tomatoes require a special cage, check it out here.
LATIN NAME
Solanum lycopersicum
DAYS TO MATURITY
65 Days
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