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Fortamino Rootstock Tomato Seeds
Fortamino Rootstock Tomato Seeds
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Product Details
Product Details
Improve your favorite heirloom or prized tomato's performance by grafting it to 'Fortamino'! This rootstock provides your tomato with a better leaf cover that helps prevent sunburn (fruit scald), increases flowers per truss and fruit weight, and improves resilience to stress and heat resistance. 'Fortamino' grafting also improves your tomato's disease resistance to Fusarium crown and root rot, Fusarium wilt, leaf mold, tomato mosaic virus, verticillium wilt, root-knot nematodes, and tomato spotted wilt virus.
- Variety Info
- Sowing Info
Variety Info
Family: Solanaceae
Type: Tomato Rootstock
Native: Andes
Hardiness: Frost-sensitive annual
Exposure: Full sun
Variety Info: Fortamino' is a rootstock tomato that is used in grafting to other tomato cultivars to add heat resistance, improved leaf cover, increased flowering, increased fruit size, and disease resistance to Fusarium crown and root rot, Fusarium wilt, leaf mold, tomato mosaic virus, verticillium wilt, root knot nematodes, corky root rot, and tomato spotted wilt virus.
Attributes: Fusarium Crown & Root Rot Resistant, Fusarium Wilt Resistant, Leaf Mold Resistant, Tomato Mosaic Virus Resistant, Verticillium Wilt Resistant, Root Knot Nematode Resistant, Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Resistant, Frost Sensitive
Sowing Info
When to Sow Outside: Not applicable.
When to Start Inside: RECOMMENDED. 6 to 8 weeks before transplanting. Transplant when air temperature is 45°F or warmer, usually 1 to 2 weeks after your average last frost date. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 70°–90°F.
Days to Emerge: 5–10 days
Seed Depth: 1/8"–1/4"
Seed Spacing: Transplant 1 every 24"–36"
