{
  "schema_version": 1,
  "record_type": "plant",
  "slug": "tomato",
  "common_name": "Tomato",
  "botanical_name": "Solanum lycopersicum",
  "family": "Solanaceae",
  "summary": "Tomatoes are warmth-loving fruiting plants that need strong light, reliable moisture, fertile growing media and support suited to their growth habit.",
  "categories": [
    "fruiting vegetable",
    "container crop",
    "greenhouse crop"
  ],
  "growth_habits": [
    "determinate",
    "indeterminate"
  ],
  "lifecycle": "Tender perennial, usually grown as an annual",
  "difficulty": "Moderate",
  "requirements": {
    "light": {
      "minimum_direct_sun_hours": 6,
      "preferred_direct_sun_hours": 8
    },
    "soil_ph": {
      "minimum": 5.5,
      "maximum": 7.0
    },
    "container": {
      "minimum_volume_litres": 19,
      "minimum_diameter_cm": 30,
      "plants_per_container": 1
    },
    "spacing": {
      "minimum_cm": 45,
      "maximum_cm": 60
    },
    "planting_out": {
      "minimum_reliable_temperature_c": 16,
      "frost_tolerant": false
    },
    "harvest": {
      "typical_uk_months": [
        "July",
        "September"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "rhs-growing-tomatoes",
      "publisher": "Royal Horticultural Society",
      "url": "https://www.rhs.org.uk/vegetables/tomatoes/grow-your-own",
      "supports": [
        "light",
        "planting_out",
        "containers",
        "spacing",
        "training",
        "watering",
        "feeding"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "rhs-container-tomatoes",
      "publisher": "Royal Horticultural Society",
      "url": "https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/grow-your-own/containers/may-edible-container-idea",
      "supports": [
        "container_size",
        "container_watering",
        "harvest_period"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "virginia-tech-container-vegetables",
      "publisher": "Virginia Cooperative Extension",
      "url": "https://www.pubs.ext.vt.edu/content/pubs_ext_vt_edu/en/426/426-336/426-336.html",
      "supports": [
        "light",
        "container_growing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "umn-growing-tomatoes",
      "publisher": "University of Minnesota Extension",
      "url": "https://extension.umn.edu/vegetables/growing-tomatoes",
      "supports": [
        "soil_ph",
        "sun",
        "sowing",
        "support",
        "nutrition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "umn-container-tomatoes",
      "publisher": "University of Minnesota Extension",
      "url": "https://extension.umn.edu/yard-and-garden-news/early-season-tomato-sleuthing",
      "supports": [
        "container_volume",
        "container_feeding",
        "support"
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "umd-tomato-problems",
      "publisher": "University of Maryland Extension",
      "url": "https://extension.umd.edu/resource/key-common-problems-tomatoes",
      "supports": [
        "leaf_roll",
        "blossom_end_rot",
        "fruit_problems"
      ]
    }
  ]
}