Tomato Purple Zebra (Grafted) is an award-winning variety that has gained popularity in America for its exceptional flavour and firm texture. The dark red fruits, beautifully adorned with striking green stripes and a rich mahogany-red interior, are just as visually stunning as they are delicious. Known for their fantastic taste, they strike a perfect balance between savoury umami and sweet notes. These tomatoes offer excellent disease resistance, including against late blight, and are highly tolerant to cracking and splitting. They’re perfect in salads, sandwiches, or on burgers! Height: 180cm (71in) Spread: 50cm (20in) Experience the benefits of grafted vegetables! By grafting top fruiting varieties onto vigorous rootstocks, these plants produce higher yields, a longer cropping season, and enhanced resistance to pests and diseases.
Growing Information
Pot up and grow tomato plants on in warm frost free conditions.
Outdoor cultivation: Grow on until large enough to plant outdoors. Wait until all risk of frost has passed before transplanting tomatoes – around early June depending upon location. Gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over a period of 7 to 10 days. Choose a sheltered position in full sun on fertile, reliably moist, well drained soil. Alternatively grow tomatoes in patio bags and containers in good quality compost such as John Innes No. 2.
Greenhouse cultivation: When growing in a heated glasshouse tomato plants may be transplanted at the end of May or when the first flowers are showing, if earlier. Allow 3 plants per growbag, or one per 25cm (10″) pot, or plant tomatoes directly into the greenhouse soil. Cordon types should be transplanted at a distance of 60cm (24″) apart.
Cordon/indeterminate varieties: Drive a (5ft) cane into the soil adjacent to each plant to support them as they grow, and tie each main stem to its support with soft garden twine.
Bush/determinate varieties: These may require a smaller cane to support the weight of the plant and its fruit. Dwarf bush varieties, such as ‘Basket’ types, do not require any staking.
