| Heredity: | Open Pollinated |
| Skin Color: | Black Purple |
| Flesh Color: | Red |
| Fruit Shape: | Round |
| Fruit Size: | Medium |
| Fruit Weight: | 6 oz. |
| Tomato Plant Height: | 6 feet 8 feet |
| Best Uses: | Slicing |
| Growth Mode: | Indeterminate |
| Earliness: | Late |
| Days to Maturity: | 80 |
| 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. |
| antsinmypants | On May 25, 2021 | Transplanted Into Garden two |
| antsinmypants | On March 17, 2021 | Plant emerged |
| antsinmypants | On March 10, 2021 | Seeds sown Indoors under lights - hammer |
| dnrevel | On April 20, 2024 | Seeds germinated Aided by heat mats in the greenhouse. |
| dnrevel | On June 6, 2023 | Transplanted Planted two more good sized seedlings at CSS Project Grow. |
| dnrevel | On May 28, 2023 | Transplanted Planted PG plants in tomato row and in new half strawberry row (somewhat protected from the sun by some flowers on the east end of the row.) More greenhouse sown plants to be planted soon. |
| dnrevel | On April 26, 2023 | Seeds germinated First couple of seeds germinated. |
| dnrevel | On April 10, 2023 | Seeds sown Sowed seed for new (first spring) greenhouse, and placed on heat mat. Glad to see I'm able to choose an earlier sowing date this year, 2023. |
| dnrevel | On May 23, 2021 | Transplanted Transplanted at Project Grow on a very hot day |
| dnrevel | On March 24, 2021 | Seeds sown Sown indoors, pots on a heat mat, under lights. My own collected seed from 2020. |
| dnrevel | On January 3, 2021 | Miscellaneous Event Prepped seed, perked for several weeks. |
| TomatoNut95 | On July 7, 2023 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) Plant played out for the season. |
| TomatoNut95 | On March 16, 2023 | Seeds germinated |
| piksihk | On August 4, 2023 | Obtained plant Seeds from tomatonut |
| Thread Title | Last Reply | Replies |
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| Beautiful fruit by terrafirma | Jul 28, 2016 7:48 AM | 1 |
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