Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Red
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Cherry
Fruit Size: Cherry
Fruit Weight: 1-1/4 inches
Tomato Plant Height: 1 foot
Best Uses: Salad
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Early

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.

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Red Robin'.

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Trade name information:
Series: Little Birdy
Cultivar name: 'Red Robin'
Common names
  • Tomato
  • Micro-Dwarf Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

Photo Gallery
Location: my Zone 8a garden in North Georgia Mountains
Date: 2024-04-01
Seed planted 2/13, first flower 4/1.
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 11-11-2021
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Red Robin' grown indoors, seed star
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2019-04-04
Location: NE Arkansas
Date: 2017-06-29
Red Robin Tomato
Location: NE Arkansas
Date: 02 Jul 2017
Red Robin complete plant with roots.
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2019-07-20
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-04-02
Tomato Micro-Dwarf (Solanum lycopersicum 'Red Robin') fruit

Date: 2017-06-24
Red Robin Tomato
Location: NE ARKANSAS
Date: 2017-06-29
Red Robin Tomato
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-10-15
Tomato Red Robin, with fruit
Location: NE Arkansas
Date: 2017-08-17
Red Robin Tomatoes
Plant Events from our members
HydroVegetables On July 1, 2017 Seeds sown
Seeded in rockwool, and transplanted to a DWC Bucket. The blooms set on 29 June 2017. Three blooms so far.
dave On April 22, 2023 Miscellaneous Event
Processed seed.
dave On April 6, 2023 Fruit Ripened
dave On January 15, 2023 Transplanted
Potted up into two mini raised beds.
dave On January 3, 2023 Seeds germinated
dave On December 29, 2022 Seeds sown
75 seeds
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