Vegetables
Hybridizer or Originator: Dwarf Tomato Project

Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Yellow
Other: With red swirls
Flesh Color: Red
Yellow
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Flattened Globe
Leaf Type: Rugose Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Dwarf (Tree-type)
Earliness: Mid-season
Days to Maturity: 80
History: Introduced in 2016.
Country: Australia / USA

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: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
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.
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights: OSSI-Pledged (Open Source Seed Initiative)
Parentage: Selected from cross between: New Big Dwarf X Mortgage Lifter, Pesta

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Dwarf Caitydid'.

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Common names
  • Tomato

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Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Image used with permission of the Victory Seed Company.
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Comments:
  • Posted by frankrichards16 (Clinton, Michigan - Zone 5b) on Aug 24, 2023 6:01 AM concerning plant:
    It had good flavor and good size. I grew 5 dwarfs this year. There are around 125 dwarf tomatoes in the Dwarf Tomato Project. In his blog, Craig LeHoullier reviewed most of the dwarfs and selected his favorites. My selection of dwarfs is based on his favorites.

    Chocolate Lightning
    Uluru Ochre
    Dwarf Caitydid Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Dwarf Caitydid')
    Rosella Purple
    Summer Sweet Gold

    I have not tried Chocolate Lightning or Summer Sweet Gold yet.

    But the others were excellent.
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