Valencia tomato
Solanum lycopersicum 'Valencia'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Ascending
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Orange
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Valencia' tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Valencia') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and pollinator gardens. It is typically grown as an annual. It is tender to cold, and the first hard frost will kill it. This plant likes full sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It is not a favorite of rabbits, though hungry rabbits will eat almost anything. Sunny orange fruits have full tomato flavor, and bees visit the flowers.
Pairs well with Fern Leaf dill, Cilantro, and Beit Alpha Cucumber cucumber.