Schelske Family Heirloom RARE tomato seeds non-gmo heirloom open pollinated
Specifications
| All Returns Accepted | ReturnsNotAccepted |
| Country/Region Of Manufacture | United States |
| Cultivating Difficulty | Easy |
| Type | Vegetable Seeds |
| Growth Habit | INDETERMINATE UPRIGHT |
| Soil PH | 6.0-6.8 |
| Soil Type | FERTILE |
| Features | Fast Growing |
| Color | Red |
| Climate | DRY, WARM, SUMMERTIME |
| Sunlight | Full Sun |
| Vegetable Type | Tomato |
| Indoor/Outdoor | Indoor & Outdoor |
| Common Name | Tomato |
| Watering | DAILY |
| Season Of Interest | Spring |
Schelske Family Heirloom tomato seeds, heirloom, open-pollinated, non-gmo. 25 seeds per packet. Schelske Family heirloom has good flavor, is red, has darker shoulders, and is shaped differently! It doesn't show in the photos, but this variety has darker shoulders. Very productive. It has performed amazingly well for me in the high desert frontier at 4100 feet. My growing season is sometimes very long (May-November) and other years it can end in early September. No matter, this variety puts on lots of tomatoes and does very well regardless of length of season. Great flavor, growth, and appearance. One of the tomatoes I've grown, that has been a favorite of mine and my family, and one I have grown several times is the SCHELSKE FAMILY HEIRLOOM. This variety produces LOTS of paste type tomatoes loaded with rich heirloom taste. This variety was brought to California's central valley by Oklahoma migrants who came to the area to pick fruit. One of those families was the Schelske Family who moved to Dinuba, CA but had numerous other extended family members stuck in Oildale, just outside Bakersfield, CA. They found that this tomato performed very well in the heat of the central valley just as I found it grows great as the heat of the desert! It grows prolifically and doesn't stop until frost! Another bonus!! I have problems with my Romas and my San Marzanos getting blossom end rot----but not with this tomato as the photos show, this heirloom has not suffered from blossom end rot any of the years I've grown it. Fruits are larger than your regular Roma and have a fantastic tomato flavor. Excellent in salsas, sauces, or as sun dried tomatoes...YUMM! Upon closer inspection this looks like it could be San Marzano with the tipped end, however as I stated before this has some wild shoulder color that I have not yet seen in the San Marzano's I currently produce. This is a tomato that a family grew one year, saw it performed extremely well, saved seed and continued to do so for close to 100 years. And that is the wonderful thing about heirloom seeds, someone saw such great things with a particular plant/variety/fruit, that they had the foresight to not only save the seed, but to continually select representatives that were outstanding. Check it out for yourself and ENJOY! INCLUDES BASIC GROWING INSTRUCTIONS a quick note on seed storage... I feel through my experience the best way to store your seed is in the refrigerator. Some vegetable varieties produce seed that remains viable for many years (tomatoes) and others produce seed that does not store well under any conditions (onions). I believe seed stored under refrigerated conditions could last 10 years or more. I have just planted some ACE 55 seeds from 2000 this last summer 2017. They did great! Germination rates were in the 90% range and these seeds had been sitting in a box in my garage for the past 17 years! I have some of that seed available now listed as Marlboro Ace 55. GET SOME! At Frontier Farms, we specialize in many varieties of Heirloom tomatoes, peppers, plus many other vegetable varieties. WHAT IS AN HEIRLOOM? Heirloom plants are grown from seeds that have been handed down thru generations, saved from year to year, some varieties dating back hundreds of years. Many made the migration from Europe and the East with the immigrants coming to the USA. The seeds are never cross pollinated and so they remain true to their particular characteristics. Heirloom tomatoes come in all colors, shapes, and sizes ? Reds, Pinks, Yellows, Orange, White, Green, Striped, and Black. Ranging in sizes of cherry and grape to large grapefruit size, meaty, or juicy. WHY HEIRLOOM? These tomatoes are more natural, they are non GMO (genetically modified). They do not have as long of a shelf life as store bought tomatoes, but that is what makes them special. They have a real fantastic tomato flavor not found in grocery store offerings. These tomatoes are indeterminate (they grow all season, they flower all season and they produce tomatoes all season. They don?t stop until frost. Once heirloom tomatoes are picked, they do not have a long shelf life as hybrids but they more than make up for any shortcomings in flavor.Please see my other listings and my store for more great varieties and thank you!
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