Osu Blue

Season Overview

Description

A sensational new variety from Oregon State University (OSU), also known as 'Osu Blue P20'. This variety produces many dark, round to flat-round, larger (4-5 cm) cocktail tomatoes with a spicy sweet taste. When ripe, the fruits change color from green to black-blue-violet to red-violet-blue. In the fall, even dark purple ripe fruits are soft and ready to eat (somewhat cold-tolerant). The approx. 2m high pole tomato forms few stingy shoots and bears from the end of July in the greenhouse and from mid-August outdoors. Fruit panicles approx. 30-40cm long.

Growing tips

OSU Blue prefers a sheltered, sunny spot in a covered outdoor area or greenhouse, but can also be grown in a container on a covered balcony/terrace. The plant should be thinned out regularly to ensure good growth. Further growing tips for the species Cocktail vine tomato.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

50 cm

Row spacing

100 cm

Seeding depth

1 cm