Grape Tomato Lucia Hybrid - Ontario Seed Company

Solanum lycopersicum

Prepare for an explosion of flavour! The Lucia Grape Tomato is an ultra-sweet and delicious hybrid that consistently wins our taste tests—these are the sweetest tomatoes going! It produces bright red, oval, grape-shaped fruits approximately 2.5 cm in diameter that are prized for having no cracking. The fruit is borne in long clusters for incredibly easy harvesting. This productive variety is an excellent container choice and requires staking to support its heavy, continuous yield.

What you need to know to Plant & Grow

This productive tomato requires consistent care, warmth, and support for its vigorous growth.

Sow Indoors: Start seeds indoors about 6 to 8 weeks before the last spring frost date. Use a peat moss-based growing mix.

Germination: The temperature of the seeding mix should be 21°C to 24°C for prompt germination, which takes 1 to 2 weeks.

Seedling Care: When the seedlings are 4 cm high, transplant each into individual pots, reducing the temperature to 15°C to 18°C until planting outside.

Transplanting: After hardening off, transplant into well-drained organic soil in late May. Space the plants 90 cm apart (for indeterminate varieties).

Culture: Tomatoes need warmth, direct sunlight, and a steady supply of water. Staking is required to support the heavy yield. Apply the water to the soil rather than showering down over the plants.

Soil Management: It is very important to keep plants evenly watered as fluctuations in available soil moisture can lead to problems like fruit cracking (which this variety resists) or splitting, irregular fruiting, and blossom end rot. Apply a mulch of straw around plants to protect them from soil-borne diseases and help conserve moisture. Rotate the crop position in the garden every year. Dig out and discard diseased plants; do not compost.

Approx. 10 seeds/pkt