Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Large
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Late
Country: USA

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.
Child plants: one child plant

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Delicious'.

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Common names
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

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Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-08-07

Date: 2024-03-27
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-09-07
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-05-21
Young plant.

Courtesy Annie's Heirloom Seeds
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Location: South GA Seed CO.
Date: 2016
Great tomato full of flavor!
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Mar 7, 2014 4:43 PM concerning plant:
    A selection of the Crimson Ponderosa by Burpee. Extra large, holds the record for size. Smoother , more consistent, larger fruits than the Crimson Ponderosa.
Plant Events from our members
p1mkw From March 14, 2010 to March 17, 2010 Plant emerged
p1mkw On March 10, 2010 Seeds sown
TomatoNut95 On April 4, 2024 Transplanted
Planted in raised bed.
TomatoNut95 On March 4, 2024 Seeds germinated
TomatoNut95 On February 23, 2024 Seeds sown
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