Solanacées • Solanum lycopersicum

Valencie standard tomato - Organic

"When summer reaches its full light, certain fruits capture the sun's heat to better share it... in flavors and colors."

$4.49

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Originating in the United States, the Valencia tomato is a heritage variety renowned for its consistency, beauty, and remarkable flavor. Selected for outdoor cultivation, it has adapted gracefully to temperate climates like ours. Its vibrant orange hue brightens the vegetable garden, and its indeterminate growth habit results in a vigorous plant that benefits from support on a stake throughout the season.

In a harmonious garden, it integrates naturally with the cycle of the seasons, offering round, smooth, medium-sized fruits of a beautiful bright orange around mid-summer. It easily finds its place in a supportive, nutrient-rich area, surrounded by herbs and companion flowers.

  • Growing climate: Warm season
  • Sowing difficulty level: Medium
  • Care required: Regular
  • Growth: Summer growth

Annotation: A midsummer tomato that requires warmth, regular watering and staking to fully express its potential.

With its dense, slightly dry flesh, the Valencia tomato is perfect for slicing, adding to colorful salads, and serving in summer sandwiches. Its thick skin and low seed content make it an easy-to-prepare variety that holds its shape well when cooked.

Prized for its aromatic richness and balanced sweetness, it is often cited as one of the best orange tomatoes. It is also featured in the Slow Food Ark of Taste, highlighting its importance in living culinary heritage. At the table and in the garden, it embodies a joyful connection to nature, to the simple pleasure of sharing the taste of sunshine.

Valencie standard tomato - Organic

$4.49

$4.49

écoumene seeding advice

Seeding type

Indoor seeding

Germination time

7-10 days

Germination temperature

26° to 30° Celsius

Sowing depth

Sowing at a depth of 5 mm

Transplantation

Easy transplantation

Technical

Seeding in clusters

Growing conditions

Number of days to maturity

Harvest at ± 75 days

Hardiness zone

Zone-3b

Distance between plants

45 cm

Optimal brightness

Sun plant

Soil texture

Loose (silty) soil

Soil moisture

Cool, well-drained soil

Soil fertility

Plant very demanding in bacteria-dominant compost

optimal soil pH

Low acidic pH

Average plant height

200 cm

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