Vegetables
Year Introduced: 2023
Heredity: Hybrid
Country of Origin: USA
Hybridizer or Originator: Randy Gardner
Days to harvest: 73

Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Hybrid
Skin Color: Red
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: Large
Fruit Weight: 6-9 ounces
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 5 feet
6 feet
Best Uses: Slicing
Canning
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Early
Days to Maturity: 73
Disease Resistance: Spotted Wilt Virus
Physiological Resistance: Blossom End Rot

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Plant Height: 5-6 feet
Plant Spread: 24 inches.
Leaves: Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
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
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
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.

Common names
  • Tomato

Comments:
  • Posted by farmerdill (Augusta Georgia - Zone 8a) on Feb 12, 2024 12:58 PM concerning plant:
    A new addition to the Mountain series that has strong TSWV resistance. Slightly smaller than Mountain Spring but is preferable where TSWV is a problem. I am doing my first trial this year

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