Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Medium
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
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
Also sold as:
  • Beefsteak, Red

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Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: August 2019
Location: my garden zone 5 Indiana
Date: 2019-08-19
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: August 2019
pre-harvest
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-03-24
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: 2019-05-11
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: 2019-06-05
3 weeks post-transplant
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: 2019-06-05
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-03-12
Location: Gilbert, AZ
Date: 2017-02-20
Planted upside down
Location: Hendersonville,  NC
Date: July 2019
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-02-26
Location: Sebastian, Florida
Date: 2017-02-26
Comments:
  • Posted by gardengus (Indiana Zone 5b) on Aug 19, 2019 5:42 PM concerning plant:
    Out grew the cage and so many large tomatoes the branches are breaking, had to prune some to save the branches. Largest picked so far 1 pound 6 ounces, picking daily 3-5 large tomatoes in August, one out of every 4 over a pound. Very nice looking, firm, keeping well on the counter, but lacking in taste. I would rate taste average, better than store tomatoes but not up to fresh garden taste.
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