Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Hybrid
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: Cherry
Fruit Weight: 1oz.
Tomato Plant Height: 2 feet
Best Uses: Salad
Snacking
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Extra-early
Days to Maturity: 50-55
Miscellaneous: Suitable for patio

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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Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-05-07
Buds
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-06-24
First to start to ripen.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-06-24
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-05-07
The first to bloom out of 35 different varieties of tomatoes grow
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-06-30
Plant Events from our members
antsinmypants On April 12, 2023 Plant emerged
Volunteer in the pot from last year.
antsinmypants On May 17, 2022 Transplanted
Into large pot.
antsinmypants On May 13, 2022 Transplanted
Into large pot.
antsinmypants On March 17, 2022 Plant emerged
1 seedling emerged.
antsinmypants On March 10, 2022 Seeds sown
Indoors under lights on heat mat.

1c 4 seeds.
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