Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Hybrid
Skin Color: Red
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Flattened Globe
Fruit Weight: 8 oz.
Tomato Plant Height: 5 feet
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Mid-season
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: high resistance to late blight and intermediate resistance to early blight

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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Location: MN
Date: 6-10-15
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: 2016-05-01
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: 2016-06-29
growing in a 5-gal shop bucket
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: 2016-06-28
growing in an Earthbucket
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Comments:
  • Posted by BetNC (Henderson County, NC - Zone 7a) on Aug 13, 2017 6:48 PM concerning plant:
    Two plants were grown in different containers for a direct comparison; after harvesting fruit, there was no discernible difference! Both were productive, with uniform, round and pretty fruits that were very tasty. I will definitely grow this variety again (in an Earthbox).
Plant Events from our members
BetNC On July 7, 2016 Fruit Ripened
68 days post-transplant, from plant in an Earthbox
BetNC From July 7, 2016 to September 2, 2016 Harvested
plant cut down for impending surgery
38 tomatoes produced from plant in an Earthbox
BetNC From July 1, 2016 to September 2, 2016 Harvested
plant cut down for impending surgery
25 tomatoes produced from plant in a 5-gal shop bucket
BetNC On May 1, 2016 Seeds sown
2 plants grown for direct comparison:
1 in a 5-gal shop bucket and 1 (of two different varieties) in an Earthbox
BetNC On May 1, 2016 Fruit Ripened
61 days post-transplant, from Plant in a 5-gal shop bucket
BetNC On March 5, 2016 Seeds sown
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