Heredity: | Hybrid |
Skin Color: | Orange |
Fruit Shape: | Round |
Fruit Size: | Cherry |
Leaf Type: | Regular-Leaf |
Best Uses: | Salad |
Growth Mode: | Indeterminate |
Earliness: | Early |
Country: | Japan |
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. |
vbprog | On March 12, 2016 | Plant emerged |
vbprog | On March 7, 2016 | Seeds sown |
vbprog | On May 3, 2015 | Transplanted Set out in garden in permanent home. |
vbprog | On March 16, 2015 | Plant emerged |
vbprog | On March 7, 2015 | Seeds sown |
chelle | On July 24, 2015 | Harvested Approx. two quarts, with perhaps another four quarts of fruit set on a total of four vines. |
chelle | On May 1, 2015 | Transplanted S screen room bed |
NikkiGerena | On June 20, 2017 | Bloomed |
NikkiGerena | On June 12, 2017 | Transplanted |
aspenhill | On April 30, 2016 | Obtained plant Lurgan Greenhouse - qty 2 |
dnrevel | On May 29, 2023 | Transplanted Added to the end of tomato row facing golf side. Note this is a hybrid. F1. |
dnrevel | On April 16, 2023 | Seeds germinated All pots germinated aided by heat mat and high temps in greenhouse this week. |
dnrevel | On April 10, 2023 | Seeds sown Sowed seed for new (first spring) greenhouse, and placed on heat mat. Glad to see I'm able to choose an earlier sowing date this year, 2023. Happy Easter! |
dnrevel | On January 23, 2022 | Seeds sown Winter Sowed seeds in Tote - Red Cup containers. Will watch to compare to indoor sown tomatoes this year. May use hybrid method to speed growth in April - May (cold frame, etc.) Seed from Swallowtail Gardens. |
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