Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Hybrid
Skin Color: Yellow
Flesh Color: Yellow
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Weight: 6-7 oz.
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 5 feet
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Disease Resistance: Fusarium Wilt 1
Verticillium Wilt
Nematode
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: Mild Sweet yet tangy? A very popular yellow variety.

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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Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-07-28
Location: Northwest N.J.
Date: 2014-08-04
Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 5/15/2023
Location: Gardenfish garden 
Date: June 3  2020 
Produces, perfect, round, yellow fruit
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-07-31
Lower in flavor, but good yields. Meaty texture.
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-08-05
Young plant from the nursery.
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-07-17
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-08-18

credit: Henry Heatly
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2015-08-07
Comments:
  • Posted by TimHoover (Elysian FIelds, Texas - Zone 8a) on Mar 15, 2014 4:53 PM concerning plant:
    Lemon Boy is an outstanding tomato for a person wanting a true yellow, rather than orangish tomato. A hybrid, It will outproduce the available yellow heirlooms hands down. This is a variety that is ALWAYS in my garden. Strong foliage that is somewhat disease resistant, will even continue to produce after it has been defoliated! Lemon Boy makes an excellent fall tomato for those of us who can have that second crop.
    In 2000, I grew these for sale at the garden center. I really had to nearly force these on customers. I even resorted to giving a plant free to many customers. The following year I could not keep up with the demand for this variety! That is a good example of why a person should consider this one. This is in East Texas, not the easiest of climates for tomatoes!
    Flavor is very good, typical of yellows, not too sharp. Fruit is remarkably beautiful.
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Sep 12, 2014 6:14 PM concerning plant:
    Nice yellow salad tomato. Flavor is very mild and the tomatoes are almost perfectly round with no blemishes or cracking.
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Aug 3, 2015 8:15 PM concerning plant:
    This is my first year growing Lemon Boy, which I bought as seedling plants this spring. The plants have grown well and have shown no disease. They have been loaded with green tomatoes. As soon as those started to get ripe, there was a succession of nice yellow tomatoes to pick.

    Lemon Boy must be named for the color because when you slice it open, it is always a nice bright lemon yellow. Never orange. So it is truly a yellow tomato.

    Taste is good but mild.
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on May 12, 2022 6:52 AM concerning plant:
    (72 days) This large, indeterminate, disease-resistant tomato produces mild-flavored 6- to 7-ounce fruits with unique lemon-yellow skin and flesh.
Plant Events from our members
lovesblooms On March 9, 2016 Seeds germinated
lovesblooms On March 5, 2016 Seeds sown
indoors
lovesblooms On January 29, 2015 Seeds sown
winter sown
antsinmypants On May 25, 2021 Transplanted
Into Garden two
antsinmypants On March 14, 2021 Plant emerged
antsinmypants On March 10, 2021 Seeds sown
Indoors under lights
Johannian On June 6, 2023 Transplanted
Transplanted into 5gal+ container.
Johannian On May 6, 2023 Seeds sown
Johannian On April 29, 2023 Seeds germinated
Used the paper towel and plastic bag germination method.
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