Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Pink
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Large
Leaf Type: Potato-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Country: USA

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: Lake Lanier, GA
Date: 2020-08-05

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Date: 2024-05-07
Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2019-08-19

Date: 2024-03-04
Location: Bryan, Texas
Date: 2018-05-08
Young fruit for German Queen

Date: 2024-04-27
Location: Bryan, Texas
Date: 2018-05-08
Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2019-08-19
Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Sep 13, 2013 2:06 PM concerning plant:
    German Queen is a potato-leafed variety of heirloom tomato. German Queen has lovely nice-sized pink tomatoes with great flavor. I grow this variety often in my garden as it is easy to find as seedlings each spring at our local big box stores.
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