Pilu
Pilu is a strongly growing, mid - early tomato for protected cropping. The fruits are bright, rich red, fairly firm, good tasting, juicy and good for daily picking and direct marketing.
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Characteristics
Suitable for growing: under glassRipening: medium earlyShape of fruit: roundColour : redType: normalFruit weight Tomatoes: 80-100 g
Cultivation
Seed germination temperature: 18-22 °CPlanting distance: greenhouse in double rows 75 x 40-60 cm open ground ca. 100 x 50 cm
bred by

Richard Specht
Current breeding location: Mühlheim, Baden-Württemberg
Biodynamically bred varieties from Richard Specht:
Tomatoe Pilu and Tica, bell pepper Pantos, aubergine Zora, butterhead lettuce Briweri, oak leaf lettuce Piro

increasingly from

Gärtnerei der Lebensgemeinschaft Bingenheim
The farm of the Lebensgemeinschaft Bingenheim is located in the direct neighbourhood of the Bingenheimer Saatgut AG, also in Echzell-Bingenheim, in the Wetterau region at the transition to the basalt ridge of the Vogelsberg. It operates on biodynamic principles, growing vegetables and producing seeds.

Gärtnerei Piluweri
The Demeter farm Piluweri is located in Müllheim-Hügelheim in the Rhine Valley and the foothills of the Black Forest, with a mild climate suitable for viticulture.