RHS Lycopersicon esculentum 'Marmande'
A cordon beefsteak tomato suitable for growing in a greenhouse or outdoors. It produces heavy, red, ribbed beefsteak tomatoes which have good flavour and can be used in salads or for cooking.
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
