| 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. |
| Parentage: | Micro Tom x Sugar |
| dave | On April 12, 2024 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) It was a good run. |
| dave | On April 8, 2024 | Fruit Ripened Got about 100 fruits in the 2nd harvest. Excellent producer this one! Crushed them all and filled a half gallon jar half way. |
| dave | On April 1, 2024 | Maintenance performed Fermentation complete today. Rinsed the seeds and set them to dry. |
| dave | On March 28, 2024 | Maintenance performed Crushed about 50 fruits into a jar for fermenting. |
| dave | On March 21, 2024 | Harvested Finally harvested ripe fruit today, about 20 of them. I could have harvested earlier but I was out of town until today. |
| dave | On March 6, 2024 | Fruit Ripened Several nice red ripe fruits on one of the plants. |
| dave | On February 11, 2024 | Potted up Potted most of them into their final 1 gallon cans. I still have 6 of them in 4" pots and will likely leave them in those containers. |
| dave | On February 8, 2024 | Bloomed Lots of nice flowers on a lot of these. |
| dave | On January 16, 2024 | Seeds germinated |
| dave | On January 9, 2024 | Seeds sown |
| dave | On July 20, 2023 | Seeds germinated |
| dave | On July 18, 2023 | Seeds sown |
| dave | On April 26, 2023 | Seeds sown Sowed 108 seeds from the fruit harvested in mid April. |
| dave | On April 7, 2023 | Fruit Ripened A few nice deep red fruits on the plants. |
| dave | On March 1, 2023 | Bloomed First blooms appeared today. |
| dave | On February 25, 2023 | Potted up Moved them into 4" pots. |
| dave | On February 2, 2023 | Transplanted Potted these out of their little grow bed into individual 4x4 cells. There are 8 plants total. |
| dave | On January 22, 2023 | Plant emerged Seedlings finally emerged. |
| dave | On January 19, 2023 | Seeds sown Some are starting to sprout and I sowed them into a little growbed. |
| dave | On January 17, 2023 | Seeds sown Sowed 25 seeds into petridish. |
| dave | On January 15, 2023 | Obtained plant Got the seeds from Mike. They've been in cryo storage for almost 20 years. Looking forward to growing this one out, and re-introducing it to the world. |
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