Seeds of Rio Grande stakeless tomato - for canning, high yield and pleasant taste

Online tomato seeds catalog Semenata.ORG presents the seeds of Rio Grande tomatoes for canning without stakes as part of our extensive catalog of seeds of quality vegetables. It is one of the most famous varieties, highly valued for its high yields, the ability to grow without a structure, and its perfect shelf life after harvesting.

The Rio Grande variety proudly represents the traditions of growing tomatoes for canning without stakes in our country and around the world. This type of tomato produces extremely high yields when proper care, fertilization, and irrigation are provided, especially with drip irrigation with a hose band. The Rio Grande is a mid-early canning variety and does not grow too high in height, it is compact and easy to maintain.

The conclusion of our Online Catalog Semenata.ORG team is that the tomato, along with the cucumber, is among the most used vegetables in our country. The tomato is used both in households and by chefs in restaurants, in the canning industry, by traders, by the importers and exporters of fruits and vegetables throughout the country.

Rio Grande tomatoes are very hardy and easy to store and transport thanks to their firmness. That makes them extremely suitable for canning -  whole, peeled, or unpeeled.

This variety grown without stakes has a good appearance, deep red color, a nice shape, and good taste. The tomatoes are elongated and slightly oval in shape. Their weight is from 80 to 90 grams which makes them one of the smallest tomato varieties widely popular in our country.

According to the grower’s data, the vegetation period of Rio Grande stateless tomatoes lasts for 120 to 125 days. For one acre field, you need 25 to 30 grams of seeds of the stateless tomatoes for canning for early sowing, and 30 to 40 grams of seeds per acre for late sowing.

The early sowing is done in January and February. The mid-early sowing is in March. The late sowing is in the period of April and May. The recommendations are to prepare the seedlings of this variety in advance.

The transplanting of the seedlings takes place from the end of March onwards when the weather and temperature conditions are suitable.

Leave a distance of 80 to 120 centimeters between the rows. The distance between the plants in one row should be 20 to 40 centimeters.

The variety Rio Grande yields from early spring to late fall. You can have these tomatoes on your table from May to October.

Have a look at our other suggestions for stateless pink tomatoes as well.

Some interesting historical facts: The tomato originated from South America and came to Europe and our country only after the invasion of the conquistadors of Cortes in South America.

Not many growers and tomato lovers probably know the fact that this tasty and useful vegetable actually belongs to the large family of potato plants. Its Latin name is Solanum Lycopersicum. The popular name that we know for this plant comes from the Mexican adverb and is pronounced tomato in the languages of the Nahuatl group. See more Paris tomato seeds online.

• Packet/ seeds amount: 1 g (250 - 300 seeds); 2 g; 5 g; 50 g (12500 - 17500 seeds), 100 g (25,000 - 30,000 seeds)

• Sowing rate: From 25 to 30 grams per acre for early sowing. From 30 to 40 grams per acre for late sowing. These norms are for seedling cultivation. When growing without seedlings you need about 150 g of seeds per acre.

• Harvest: -

• The optimal time for sowing: For early sowing from 20th of January to 25th of February. For medium in March. For late sowing of the tomatoes for cans without stakes you should sow the seeds from 25th of April to 10th of May. If you decide to sow directly without growing seedlings it is done from 1st to 10th of April.

• The ideal time for transplanting seedlings: The seedlings are ready in about 60 days after the sowing. However, plant outdoors from late March onwards.

• Cultivation scheme: Rio Grande are tomatoes for cans that are grown in rows without stakes. They are recommended for field production with a cultivation scheme of 120+40-20 cm or 80-120/35-45 cm.

• Vegetation: 120 - 125 days.

• Characteristics of the plant: Rio Grande tomatoes for cans without stakes are well known on the Bulgarian market. They form an oblong and slightly oval, bright red, hard fruit with an average weight of 80 - 90 g. Highly resistant to transportation and have a relatively long shelf life. The taste of this variety is excellent. It is suitable for fresh consumption and canning.