SPERLI Tomate Tigerella

A tomato that lives up to its name: red fruits striped yellow-orange like a tiger’s coat, 50–100 g each, on plants up to 200 cm – with seed for around 35 plants.

The story

Origins & history

When the tomato reached Europe in the 16th century, people did not quite trust it: it is related to nightshades such as deadly nightshade. For a long time it was therefore grown mainly as an ornamental and a curiosity. Its names from that era sound all the more enchanted.

Uses

With medium-sized fruits, Tigerella is versatile: for salads, on bread or for preserving. It needs a sunny spot and a cane. The leaves are not for eating.

Meaning

In French it was called “pomme d’amour”, in German “Liebesapfel” – love apple – and in Austria it is still called “Paradeiser”, after the apple of paradise. A fruit that was feared, yet named after love and paradise.

A thought for giving

Tomato flowers pollinate themselves – often a light breeze or a gentle tap on the stem is enough for fruit to set. Sometimes all it takes is a little nudge.

At a glance

• Contents: 1 packet for approx. 35 plants
• Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum
• Life cycle: annual
• Height: 150–200 cm
• Position: sunny
• Suitable for containers: yes (raised bed, container)
• Sow indoors: February–April
• Harvest: July–October
• Sowing depth: 0.5–1 cm
• Germination temperature: 20–25 °C
• Germination time: 7–14 days
• Plant spacing: 60 cm
• Row spacing: 80 cm
• Seed type: loose seed

How to sow

1. Start indoors from February to April, in seed compost in the Anzuchthaus PRO24 propagator.
2. Sow seeds 0.5–1 cm deep; at 20–25 °C they germinate in 7–14 days.
3. After pricking out, feed with Anzucht-Dünger (seedling fertiliser).
4. From mid-May, plant in full sun in raised beds or tubs with peat-free Gemüseerde (vegetable compost), spacing 60 × 80 cm, and continue with Tomaten-Dünger (tomato fertiliser).

Delivery time: 1–2 weeks. Manufacturer: SPERLI GmbH. Seeds, not a plant – the image shows the original packet.

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