Solanacées • Solanum lycopersicum

Standard Plourde Tomato - Organic

"A reliable tomato, true to the local family gardens."

$4.49

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The Plourde standard tomato is one of those varieties deeply rooted in family gardens, the result of the patient work of local gardeners. Classified among the so-called "standard" tomatoes, it produces medium-sized, uniform fruit, designed for everyday cooking rather than special occasions.

In the garden, its growth habit is typical of determinate tomatoes: a rather compact plant that stands upright, making it a discreet but reliable companion in a productive vegetable garden. Its round or slightly flattened fruits, with the classic red skin of the tomato, integrate naturally into the cycle of the seasons, accompanying the beautiful period of summer harvests.

The unassuming Plourde standard tomato is a reliable plant , well-suited to an ecological gardening approach. It finds its place in a living garden where the aim is to cultivate stable, reproducible, and true-to-life varieties, in close relationship with the soil and the hands that sow them year after year.

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

Note: General data based on tomato cultivation in Quebec, parameters specific to the Plourde variety not detailed in the sources.

The Plourde standard tomato, like other standard-type tomatoes, is primarily intended for everyday cooking: medium-sized fruits, easy to slice or quarter. It is well-suited to salads, simple sauces, juices, and basic cooking methods (coulis, stews).

The fruit can be eaten fresh or processed according to household habits, and surpluses can be canned or frozen after cooking, as with other classic red tomatoes.

Standard Plourde 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

Row sowing

Growing conditions

Number of days to maturity

Harvest at ± 75 days

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

90 cm

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