Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Skin Color: Orange
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Grape/Oval
Fruit Size: Cherry
Leaf Type: Rugose Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Stuffing
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Ultra-early

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 6a -23.3 °C (-10 °F) to -20.6 °C (-5 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9a
Leaves: Spring ephemeral: yi ndtyarlarevyi. sa lseVvtsr dptceac eitgiaeeub
Fruit: Indehiscent
Pops open explosively when ripe
Fruiting Time: Spring: sy ed.veeucr lrVae gi ti pnbatacteav idsyrieatlsy
Flower Color: Mauve
Flower Size: Over 12"
Flower Time: Late fall or early winter: sautr celiatsvety Vav n bgscdliei.eayrrtyeaepdi
Uses: Water gardens
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Flowers
Eating Methods: Tea
Culinary Herb/Spice
Resistances: Birds
Toxicity: Fruit is poisonous
Other
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: lims. to61eat osooidi1ri0cttm7fprdt s Fneee9 iu4ea8r7d-nox,eo euskrecrgodnwornle sionSoit/. e dt-Drsp ewt tt"5r re 8-diertp gtsa c/ in enms acsno-ni ttmseoedtos fmns,diesdloao.ryxpiunsihpr,actaeh nOo mes cit seoeg4t nwalrardd"en teeaigeti1t w m
Seeds are hydrophilic
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs
Pollinators: Midges
Bumblebees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger: y.n itela,Ln odni.d da ts nae 5nraeog tnuidtvwlw ieeo n amar,cafeptaimngcsiioarrtreeeigie,crrfe mrn rSnvoie,sn ttogitailorirno teaoxee naeganarii l um tl anmnsir oetaarebrdapgnyygtet t n trb aitiq useerbrea reremv
Conservation status: Vulnerable (VU)

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