Rare Purple Galaxy Tomato Seeds

Purple Galaxy Tomato

Purple Galaxy Tomato is a unique, mottled tomato that looks like something from a science fiction movie. Developed by Brad Gates at Wild Boar Farm. An indeterminate that produces small to medium fruit  (30 to 80 grams on average) with variable shape, most often round.

Green and purple epidermis which becomes rusty red with golden speckles at full maturity, the shoulders more or less blue depending on their exposure to direct sunlight. Has a  pleasantly fresh and sweet taste that makes it the ideal snack and salad tomato.

2021/22 season. Sown early September, planted in hothouse mid November, ripening began early Jan.

Sow – Start on a heat mat ideally in late August to October and plant out after frost risk and soils around 10 deg at night (after 7 days consecutively).

Can start earlier if planting in a hothouse. 8 weeks on average from sowing to planting if using a heat-mat.

Spacing – 60 to 100cm

USDA Hardiness Zone – 1-11

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The wild ancestor of the tomato is native to western South America. These wild versions were the size of peas. Aztecs and other peoples in Mesoamerica were the first to have domesticated the fruit and used in their cooking.
The Spanish first introduced tomatoes to Europe, where they became used in Spanish food.
In France, Italy and northern Europe, the tomato was initially grown as an ornamental plant. It was regarded with suspicion as a food because botanists recognized it as a nightshade, a relative of the poisonous belladonna.
This was exacerbated by the interaction of the tomato’s acidic juice with pewter plates.
The leaves and immature fruit contains tomatine, which in large quantities would be toxic. However, the ripe fruit contains no tomatine.