Vegetables
Heredity: Hybrid
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: Seminis
Days to harvest: 85

Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Hybrid
Skin Color: Red
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: Large
Fruit Weight: 10-12 ounces
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 4 feet
5 feet
Best Uses: Slicing
Canning
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Mid-season
Days to Maturity: 85
Disease Resistance: Fusarium Wilt 1
Fusarium Wilt 2
Fusarium Wilt 3
Alternaria Stem Canker
Stemphyllium
Tomato Spotted Wilt
Physiological Resistance: Heat

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.

Image
Common names
  • Tomato

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Location: raised bed
Date: 2018-05-22
First fruits on the Dixie Red tomato...
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Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2018-07-24
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2018-06-28
Location: Augusta GA
Date: 2018-07-23
Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Jan 8, 2022 9:17 AM concerning plant:
    Dixie Red is a consistent performer for me. One of the better TSWV resistant varieties. Second only to Saybrook among the TSWV resistant varieties that I have grown. Flavor and texture competitive with Bella Rosa with larger fruit ripening earlier. 10-12 ounce round red fruit ripening in 65 days from transplant.

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