Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: Tiny/Currant
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Salad
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Country: Mexico

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.

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Matt's Wild Cherry'.

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

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Location: Northeastern, Texas
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Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: 2004-09-12

Courtesy Annie's Heirloom Seeds
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Location: Pacific Northwest
Date: 2004-09-12
Comments:
  • Posted by valleylynn (Oregon City, OR - Zone 8b) on Oct 10, 2011 9:45 PM concerning plant:
    The photo of Matt's Wild Cherry is one plant in a 4' x 8' x 8" raised bed. The metal frame you see at the top of the photo is 7' from the soil. We had to repeatedly prune it to keep it from overtaking the neighboring beds. Nothing bothered it, including the 100°+ summer heat. When frost hit and killed all the other tomato varieties Matt's Wild Cherry just kept making fruit.
    One tough tomato here in the Pacific Northwest.
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on May 3, 2022 9:02 AM concerning plant:
    60 days. Wild cherry indeterminate tomato from Mexico; reportedly sweeter than Sweet 100.

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