Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Hybrid
Skin Color: Orange
Flesh Color: Orange
Fruit Shape: Round
Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Medium
Fruit Weight: 12 oz.
Tomato Plant Height: 5 feet
Best Uses: Slicing
Snacking
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Days to Maturity: 75
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: meaty few seeds

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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Date: 2013-09-18
Location: My garden in southeast Nebraska
Date: 2010-08-08
Uploaded by Paul2032

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Date: 2014-08-26
Not quite ripe yet

Date: 2014-08-26

Date: 2014-08-26
Needs a few more days to ripen

Date: 2014-09-18

Date: 2013-08-16

Date: 2013-09-27
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Comments:
  • Posted by Paul2032 ( Utah - Zone 5b) on Aug 19, 2013 7:48 AM concerning plant:
    Orange Wellington is one of my favorite tomatoes. It has a mild sweet flavor and a tender skin which is important to me. The seed cavity is very small so it is very "Meaty". Moderate producer here. Great on sandwiches.

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