RHS Lycopersicon esculentum 'Cristal'
A cordon salad tomato, suitable for growing under glass, although it can be grown outside in a sheltered, sunny postion. It produces reliable crops of of tasty red fruit, and has reasonable disease resistance.
1-1.5 metres
0.5-1 metres
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Tomatoes can be started from seed indoors or in a heated greenhouse. See tomato cultivation. For help with diagnosing tomato problems see our video What's gone wrong wtih my tomatoes?
Propagate by seed. See sowing vegetable seeds or sowing seeds indoors for further advice
Remove all side shoots as they appear. Pinch the growing tip when the plant has formed seven trusses under cover or four trusses outdoors
May be susceptible to glasshouse whitefly and tomato moth
May be susceptible to honey fungus (rarely), blossom end rot, magnesium deficiency, tomato spotted wilt virus and grey moulds under glass