HORTINOVA Inc.
Donna Red F1 Tomato Seeds – Patio Variety for Pots & Hanging Baskets
Solanum lycopersicum
- Trailing growth, perfect for pots, balconies, and hanging baskets
- Compact plants reaching 25–30 cm (10–12″) in height
- High yielding, produces plenty of cocktail tomatoes
- Fruit size about 25–50 g (0.9–1.7 oz) each
- Sweet flavor with a brix level around 8
- Early maturing, harvest in 10–12 weeks from transplant
- Continuous production, fruits ripen steadily through the season
- Low maintenance, no pruning needed and easy to grow
- Start seeds indoors 6–8 weeks before the last expected frost.
- How to sow: Sow in trays or plug cells using a light, well-draining seed-starting mix.
- Depth: Cover seeds lightly with 2–3 mm of fine soil or vermiculite.
- Temperature: Maintain 18–21 °C (64–70 °F) for germination. Seeds typically sprout in 1–2 days.
- Light: Germination does not require light, but provide strong light once seedlings emerge to avoid stretching.
THIN
- Thin to one strong seedling per plug if multiple seeds were sown.
- Ideal transplant plugs should have short internodes and well-developed roots.
PLANT OUT
- Timing: Transplant when seedlings are 14–21 days old and well rooted, after risk of frost has passed.
- Containers: Use 20 cm (8”) or larger pots, or hanging baskets (25–35 cm / 10–14”).
- Spacing:
* Pots indoors: 30 × 30 cm (12 × 12”), about 10 plants/m².
* Hanging baskets: 40 × 40 cm (16 × 16”), about 5–6 plants/m².
* Outdoors in soil: 25 × 25 cm (10 × 10”).
EXPOSURE
- Place in a sunny location with at least 6–8 hours of direct light daily.
- Indoors, use supplemental grow lights if natural sunlight is insufficient.
TEMPERATURE
- Ideal range: Day 21–25 °C (70–77 °F), night 16–18 °C (60–65 °F).
- Avoid night temperatures below 13 °C (55 °F), which impair pollination.
- High heat above 27 °C (80 °F) may reduce fruit set; maintain airflow.
SUPPORT
- Plants have a trailing habit and generally do not require staking.
- Hanging baskets or pots allow the stems to cascade naturally.
PRUNING
- No pruning is required.
- Optional: Pinching above the 3rd leaf encourages more branching but may delay fruiting by about 10 days.
WATER
- Keep soil evenly moist; avoid cycles of drying and flooding.
- Use well-draining potting mix with water-holding capacity.
- EC 2.5–3.5 recommended for container production.
FEED
- Tomatoes are heavy feeders. Start with balanced fertilizer (15-10-15 NPK with micronutrients).
- Increase potassium and phosphorus as flowers appear for improved taste and fruit quality.
- Maintain pH 5.8–6.5.
PROTECT
- Avoid frost exposure at all stages.
- Encourage pollination with good airflow; bees or gentle shaking of plants support fruit set.
- Monitor for common pests (aphids, whiteflies) and diseases.
- Prevent stretching by lowering humidity after germination and ensuring strong light.
- Sprays of magnesium sulfate (Epsom salts) can strengthen foliage.
- Time to maturity: 70–85 days from transplant (about 10–12 weeks).
- Fruit size: 25–50 g (0.9–1.7 oz) per tomato.
- Harvest: Pick fruits when they reach full color (red, yellow, or orange depending on variety).
- Yield: Plants produce continuously throughout summer, right up to the end of the season.
- Storage: Store harvested fruits at room temperature; avoid refrigeration to maintain flavor.
Let customers speak for us
We grow several varieties of various colours of tomatoes, and the contrast of these tomatoes with other colours is fantastic. We've had a very long season with our plants, excellent disease resistance, great flavour.
This review applies to all of the seeds I purchased from Hortinova - beautiful tomatoes, good disease resistance and excellent production. Our field season extended to 10 weeks. We've had comments of excellent flavour from our customers as well, highly recommend any Hortinova seed.
This tomato is good taste tomato. Small red round tomato. Bigger then cherry tomatoes but smaller then regular one. I like it. Perfect for salads and fresh eating. Ordered seeds for next season.
2nd time ordering. Very satisfied with qualify and result. Thank you
BALCONY YELLOW F1 - Hybrid Cherry Tomato Seeds
Delivered very fast, packed very good, in professional condition and quality. Thanks
We will see what they are like this summer.
Type crimson de bonne grosseur avec une superbe uniformité et très hâtif. Un des premiers prêt en saison. Semences très petites et peu nombreuses. Goût très sucré et chaire croquante. Chair passant du rose au rouge en cours de saison. Les plants sont forts et très vigoureux avec des grosses feuilles.
Vigueur des plants impressionante avec des fruits résistants aux fissures et aux dommages. Très bonne conservartion et goût très sucré lorsque les nervures deviennent orange. Peu être récolté lorsque les nervures sont vertes également. Cavité des semences très compacte et petite laissant beaucoup de chair.
Melon qui fond en boûche avec un goût se rapprochant du melon miel et du cantaloup à la fois, très sucré. Faire attention aux irriguations lorsque le melon devient mature car il peut fendre au champs. Très odorant.
Avec son apparence côtellée, son très gros calibre et ça couleur rose, cette tomate se démarque des autres sur les tablettes. Variété plus résistante à la pourriture apicale que la plus part des autres tomates roses. Bon ensemble de résitance aux maladies également.
Tomate noire dont les faces qui ne sont pas exposé au soleil passent du vert au rouge lorsque mature donnant un aspect unique aux fruits. Charactéristiques similaires à la Barrio avec un goût superbe sans acide. Les clients l'on adoré.
Superbe adaptabilité et excellente résistance aux maladies. Fruits uniformes qui ne fendent pas, bonne conservation. Ajoutez à cela un goût unique avec une légère acidité et une pointe sucré.
