Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Hybrid
Skin Color: Red
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Large
Extra Large
Fruit Weight: up to 1 pound
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 5 feet
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Late
Days to Maturity: 70-90
Disease Resistance: Fusarium Wilt 1
Fusarium Wilt 2
Verticillium Wilt
Tobacco Mosaic Virus

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: Gardenfish garden
Date: 2020-07-25
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: Seotember 2018
Location: Westbrook, CT
Date: 2018-08-05
Location: Gardenfish garden
Date: June 3 2020
First time growing this variety
Location: My garden in Bark River, MI
Date: 2015-09-28
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: early summer
a row of country taste plants
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: August 2018
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: September 2019
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2016-08-08
Uploaded by HoosierHarvester
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2016-07-27
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2016-07-30
Uploaded by HoosierHarvester
Uploaded by HoosierHarvester
Comments:
  • Posted by DonShirer (Westbrook, CT - Zone 6a) on Oct 26, 2018 3:10 AM concerning plant:
    Good yield August through September from tall plant in 5 gal grow bag. Averaged 8oz. Tasted good, not great.

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