Garden peach tomato (Sankofa grown)

Garden peach tomato

Light: Full sun
Water: Water daily right after transplanting, then reduce watering to allow root systems to develop deeply, prevent disease, and for sweeter flavored fruits. Water at the base of the plant, avoid getting water on foliage.
Hardiness: Summer crop, extremely frost intolerant, plant well after last chance of frost
Spacing: 1- 2' between plants, 2' between rows 
Days to maturity: 80
Soil notes: Rich garden soil, compost amendment beneficial, avoid fertilizing until roots systems are strongly established                           

Fruit: Medium size, yellow fruits with pink blush, lightly fuzzy like a peach

Sankofa Community Farm at Bartram's Garden is a 3.5 acre production and teaching farm rooted in the experience of the African diaspora in Southwest Philly. For over a decade Sankofa has worked in a unique partnership with the historic Bartram's Garden and our community youth and elders to connect around foodways, culture and healing of body, mind and soul. We are a spiritually-rooted farm, honoring the varied wisdom and spiritual practices of our ancestors.

Sankofa Community Farm prioritizes natural agriculture techniques in our farming and we specialize in the raising of crops of the African and African-American Diaspora. As a practice of community healing we provide and teach about the crops that have identified and sustained our community over centuries.