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Organic Seiger Tomato
We asked our friend Amadeus (of Swiss Biodynamic seed company Sativa Rheinau) about an early, delicious and disease-resistant tomato. He smiled and said, "You know you ask for the Holy Grail?" (Ohhhh, we know!) "I don't have the Holy Grail, but try Seiger."
We agree: Seiger offers incredible amounts of high quality 4-ounce bright red fruits, early even in cool seasons and it produced for weeks after other varieties had succumbed to a number of diseases, including Late Blight, Early Blight and Septoria. Short of a Holy Grail, try Seiger. It is our favorite early slicing tomato for the Northeast.
Sow Seeds & Sing Songs,
& the whole Fruition Crew
semi-determinate
55 days to maturity
Lycopersicon lycopersicum
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Organic Seiger Tomato
Transplant Only: Don’t start too early! Sow indoors 2 seeds/cell & thin to 1, 1/8” deep 6-8 weeks before last frost on a heat mat at 80°F to emergence, 75°F after. Pot up to 3-4” pots when first true leaves, planting 3/4 of the stem. Harden off & transplant outdoors after frost 2.5’ apart, again burying stem. Prune lowest stem ‘suckers.’ Water soil, not leaves.
Sowing Date: Indoors early Spring
Seed Depth: 1/4 inch
Days to Germination: 7-10 days at 80°F
Days to Maturity: 55 days to fruit
Plant spacing after thinning: 2.5 feet
Height: Semi-determinate
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Steiger Tomato 
A family favorite 
