Country of Origin: | Peru, Ecuador |
Heredity: | Open Pollinated |
Skin Color: | Pink |
Flesh Color: | Pink |
Fruit Shape: | Round |
Fruit Size: | Tiny/Currant |
Leaf Type: | Regular-Leaf |
Best Uses: | Salad Snacking |
Growth Mode: | Indeterminate |
Earliness: | Mid-season |
Days to Maturity: | 80 |
Physiological Resistance: | Heat |
Miscellaneous: | Heirloom |
Country: | USA |
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. |
Child plants: | one child plant |
WKGarden | On June 26, 2019 | Transplanted Transplanted from seed tray to small containers. |
WKGarden | On June 6, 2019 | Seeds sown |
dave | On March 13, 2024 | Bloomed An open flower on one of these. Lots of suckers and I'm pulling those off. |
dave | On March 1, 2024 | Transplanted Planted 5 of these into the metal stock tank. I have 5 more still in 4" pots and I'm not sure what to do with them. I might plant them in 5 gallon containers. |
dave | On February 11, 2024 | Potted up Put into 4" pots. |
dave | On January 28, 2024 | Seeds germinated |
dave | On January 23, 2024 | Seeds sown |
dave | On July 18, 2023 | Seeds sown |
dave | On June 7, 2023 | Harvested Harvested a pint of fruits. |
dave | On April 12, 2023 | Transplanted Jon and I installed these at the farm in Sunset today. |
dave | On March 4, 2023 | Potted up Potted up 108 plants into 4" cells. |
dave | On February 13, 2023 | Seeds germinated |
dave | On February 2, 2023 | Seeds sown Sowed 128 seeds. |
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