Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Pink
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Large
Extra Large
Fruit Weight: 12-24 oz.
Tomato Plant Height: More than 8 feet
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Late
Days to Maturity: 80-85
Disease Resistance: Fusarium Wilt
Verticillium Wilt
Tobacco Mosaic Virus

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Plant Height: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Plant Spread: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Leaves: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Uses: Vegetable
Suitable as Annual
Edible Parts: Fruit
Eating Methods: Raw
Cooked
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Toxicity: Leaves are poisonous
Roots are poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Other info: Direct sowing into the garden not recommended. Sow seeds into sterile seed starting mix, 1/8"-1/4" deep, indoors, 6-8 weeks prior to last expected frost date. Optimal germination occurs in 7-14 days with constant moisture and soil temperatures of 75-90F.
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Containers: Preferred depth: Some tomato varieties, primarily dwarf and determinate varieties, are suitable for container gardening. Large, vining, indeterminate types can be grown in 5 gallon or larger containers but may require extra attention.

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Common names
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

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Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-05-25
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-05-25
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Unripe fruit.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Unripe fruit.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
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antsinmypants On April 13, 2024 Potted up
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antsinmypants On April 12, 2024 Seeds germinated
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One Into the Arch Garden.
antsinmypants On May 24, 2023 Transplanted
Into Garden Two
antsinmypants On April 9, 2023 Plant emerged
2 seedlings emerged.
antsinmypants On April 4, 2023 Seeds sown
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