Vegetables
Heredity: Hybrid

Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: Medium
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Mid-season

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
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
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
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: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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

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Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-08-23
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-08-14
Developing fruit.
Location: zone 8 North Central, Fl.
Date: 2016-08-20
Location: zone 8 North Central, Fl.
Date: 2016-11-19
Location: zone 8 North Central, Fl.
Date: 2016-11-19
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2016-04-29
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