Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Plum
Elongated
Fruit Size: Medium
Large
Fruit Weight: 10-12 oz.
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Canning
Paste
Cooking
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season

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: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-09-04
Location: My garden in Bark River, MI
Date: 2015-09-27
Dinner plate shown is 10.25 inches in diameter
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-05-21
Young plant.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-08-07
Immature fruit.
Photo by tveguy3
Photo by tveguy3

Date: 2020-08-13
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Recovering from surgery to remove worm that was eating the stem f
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Unripe fruit.
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-07-31
Photo by tveguy3
Photo by tveguy3
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2017-08-18
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2017-08-18
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2016-08-06
Location: North Branch, MN
Date: 2017-07-07
Plant Events from our members
antsinmypants On May 26, 2023 Transplanted
Into Garden Two
antsinmypants From April 10, 2023 to April 24, 2023 Plant emerged
All 4 seedlings have emerged.
antsinmypants On April 4, 2023 Seeds sown
4
antsinmypants On May 13, 2022 Transplanted
Into Garden Two
antsinmypants On March 17, 2022 Plant emerged
All 4 seedlings have emerged.
antsinmypants On March 13, 2022 Seeds sown
Indoors under lights on heat mat.

4 seeds.
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