Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: Small
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Salad
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Early

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.

Common names
  • Tomato

Comments:
  • Posted by Weedwhacker (Ford River Twp, Michigan UP - Zone 4b) on Aug 5, 2016 8:38 PM concerning plant:
    I obtained seeds for Beaverlodge Slicer from TomatoFest in 2015. Their description said: "These extremely compact, determinate plants tend to creep rather than grow tall and would be perfect in a hanging basket or patio container." I started my seeds a month earlier than normal and put my plants out in an unheated "high tunnel" on April 29th (also a good month earlier than I normally plant my tomatoes). The plants are well over 6 feet tall, and they ARE loaded with golfball-size tomatoes that I started picking in July -- and I don't think I have EVER harvested a ripe tomato in July here in the Michigan UP. The flavor may not be quite as good as some of the larger, later tomatoes, but it certainly beats anything we can find in the supermarkets; the tomatoes are relatively thin skinned, very juicy, and very productive. Very happy that I tried this variety, and I certainly would recommend it as an early tomato for northern gardeners!
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Aug 26, 2014 4:32 PM concerning plant:
    Beaverlodge Slicer is part of the Beaverlodge series bred for growing and setting fruit in cool climates. I grew both Beaverlodge Slicer and Beaverlodge Plum this season. I prefer the Beaverlodge Slicer.

    The fruit on the Beaverlodge Slicer was larger and it tasted better to me. It was extra early and was not bothered by a cool wet spring. I had tomatoes in mid-June, which is unheard of for my garden.

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