| | |  | Vegetable Seeds | Home » » » Ferry-Morse 3140 Organic Tomato Seeds, Beefsteak (600 Milligram Packet) | | | | | | | Description: | | Ferry-Morse has been supplying the best in seed and gardening supplies for over 100 years, and we are proud to still be innovating and improving. Whether you are looking for the finest in flowers or gourmet garden vegetables, you will find all your answers here. Take a minute and explore our product categories for planning and inspiration. At Ferry-Morse, we want you to enjoy your best ever gardening experience. Ferry-Morse Seed Company offers gardener's over 350 varieties of flower, vegetable, and herb seed. | | | Features: | |
• This Ferry-Morse seed packet contains organic beefsteak tomato seeds which can be sown directly into garden when soil is warm
• These seeds are USDA organic indeterminate variety; guaranteed to grow
• 80 days to harvest
• Plant 1/4-inch deep, 2-1/2-foot row spacing, and 2-foot plant spacing
• Includes one, 600-milligram packet
| | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 5.5 inches | | Package Width:
| 3.5 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.1 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.05 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 10 reviews |
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9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
 Started growing in April in Northeast areaMay 01, 2011
By Ali Julia
For the last couple of years I have been growing a couple of tomato plants on my patio in large pots. Until last year I waited to plant my tomatoes plants until the end of May as cold frosty night we get kill tomatos that are planted too early.
I started with the seeds, which I germinate on a dinner plates covered with wet paper towels, and then covered by another dinner plate. This technique produces very reliable good results.
Last year I decided to see if I can start growing tomatos earlier by using an umbrella green house. I was not sure whether the umbrella would provide sufficient warmth, as my plants are located on the wooden deck with air circulating in spaces between the wooden slats. If the umbrella was placed on the ground would provide a warmer environment. My tomatoes plants are watered by the drip irrigation system on a timer. The umbrella fit perfectly over the pots as well as the drip irrigation tubes coming into the pots. I left the umbrella on the plants during the days and the nights, lifting only to fertilize the plants every two weeks. The umbrella handle comes with a removal stake which can be planted into the ground which I did not use since my pots and umbrella were sitting on a wooden deck. I positioned the stick next to the pot, rather than inside it. And was able to have two plants covered by one umbrella. The plants grew rapidly and survived well through a number of frosty nights we had since early April. By the beginning of May both of my plants had several flower clusters.
I was concerned about pollination, since my plants were under an umbrella and no well meaning bee could get to the flowers. After doing a bit of research I found that either insects, wind or hand shaking of the flowers would carry the pollen from the anthers to the stigma. I found that some people use electric toothbrush placed near the blossoms to simulate buzzing bees. But I went with a simpler method: shaking the plant gently once a week for self-pollination. The tomato pollen is not in the exterior of the anthers like most flowers but is produced internally and then released thru pores in the anther. Motion is required to release the pollen, and the greatest quantity is released by sonication of the "correct" frequency. When you shake the plant by hand try to mimic the natural resonances of sonicating bee. Shaking should not be violent, just as close to the right frequency as possible. Note that using implement like a cue tip or a brush is not very effective because the tomato's pollen is not on the surface.
In the last week of May last year (2010) I noticed the first tomatoes on my plants which is pretty incredible for the cold North East! I felt like a proud mother since I polinated the plants myself with a technique described above :-)
I am attaching a photo of tomato plants under the umbrella, that allowed me to get an early start on the season.
Update 5/21/11: I live in the Northeast, close to New Hampshire/Massachusetts border. This morning I noticed my first green tomato! The tomato plants are about 3 feet tall and have several flower clusters. A friend of mine and I started growing tomatos on the same day, but he does not use a pop up green house. I visited his house this weekend and his tomatos are still little dwarves compared to mine! This pop-up greenhouse really works!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
They grow into tomatoesSep 11, 2011
By Jeremy
I planted these outside in big pots a bit late in the season. They grew well and had significant fruit.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Died in infancyJul 02, 2011
By Photohombre
The soil was prepared, the containers readied, the lights placed and the seeds planted. The little sprouts appeared in May along with varieties of vegetables in several containers. And then, after about three weeks they all died. I am sure it was something in the soil and will use the rest of the seeds for next years batch & hope for a better result. I give the rating this year as the sprouts did appear and began to grow. I think their demise is due to my lack of developed horticultural skills.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Growing sturdy, healthyMay 16, 2011
By Mespo
These arrived quickly and we potted them right away. They were bought to be planted as patio-pick tomatoes, in a pot with a cage. Already growing sturdy and healthy with no problems, and I do not exactly have the greenest thumb. Good product.
Edit addendum May 2012:
Okay, it's been one year and these things survived winter and are already busting out tomatoes left and right. I even went through an extremely hot and dry October here where I neglected them and they wilted but came right back after some TLC and a trim ;D They're nice and vibrant and so far the tomatoes have been very dense and fleshy.
 PEGGYMay 22, 2012
By PEGGY
NOT GOOD THEY DID NOT EVEN SPROUT I PLANTED THEN IN MIRACLE GROW POTTING SOIL AND SO FAR I STILL HAVE NOTHING. SO MUCH FOR THAT.
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