Melbourne Tomatoes

🌞 Get Your Tomatoes Ready for a Melbourne Summer! 🌞

It’s almost time to transplant those tomato seedlings, Melbourne! 🍅 Here are a few tips to set you up for a bountiful harvest this season:

🌱 Variety Matters
Whether you love cherry tomatoes for salads or beefsteak tomatoes for hearty sandwiches, pick the right type for your needs. Try Roma for sauces or Cherry Roma for a snack that pops with flavor! Growing a mix of red, yellow, and green tomatoes can even help ward off pesky birds by confusing them!

🌿 Timing is Key
Avoid the temptation to plant too early! Late September or early October (AFL Grand Final weekend!) is ideal. This gives your tomatoes the best chance to grow strong without risk of frost damage. Early sowing in July gives you a shot at harvesting your first ripe tomato before Christmas.

💪 Support and Care
Determinate tomatoes (bush types) grow compactly and ripen all at once – perfect for big harvests and sauces. Indeterminate tomatoes (vining types) will keep producing throughout the season, giving you fresh tomatoes over many months. Make sure to stake and prune for a healthy crop.

🍅 Disease Resistance and Flavor
Some varieties are tougher than others. Black Cherry and Broad Ripple Currant tomatoes have strong disease resistance, while Green Zebra offers striking colors and tangy flavor!

Tomato season is almost here, so get those seedlings ready to thrive! Happy planting, Melbourne gardeners! 🌞🍅🌿 #RootDownGardening #TomatoSeason #MelbourneGardening