Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Hybrid
Skin Color: Red
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Fruit Size: Medium
Fruit Weight: 3-4 inches
Tomato Plant Height: 5 feet
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Early
Mid-season
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: compact plant
Country: 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: 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.

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Common names
  • Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

Photo Gallery
Location: Millersville MD
Date: 2021-08-13
Topping four feet in early August with a flush of new growth
Location: Millersville MD
Date: 2021-08-13
New growth looks lush and healthy, mid August
Location: Millersville MD
Date: 2021-09-03
Looks very healthy and green late in season. Four feet tall plus.
Location: Millersville MD
Date: 2021-06-18
Bush Goliath right front, very stocky and compact compared to all
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
Date: 2017-06-23
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
Date: 2017-07-04
Location: Flowery Branch, GA
Date: 2017-07-04
Comments:
  • Posted by sallyg (central Maryland - Zone 7b) on Jun 18, 2021 6:43 PM concerning plant:
    Not planning to grow again after this year of only one plant:
    Started out great. About seven weeks after setting out all my tomato plants. Bush Goliath is very compact and sturdy compared to the others, not even topping the small cage yet most other tomatoes are over four feet easily. All planted the same way, same bed, same sun.
    Summer: it made about five cluster of 3 large tomatoes each.Seems like many had cracks going out from the stem though- more than any others I am growing this year.
    Fall- October 2 and the plant rebounded in growth, lots of green leaves and the older leaves resist fungus or blight or whatever kills the lower leaves on all my other tomatoes. It added another batch of clusters of good sized slicers. It could have used some 4 to 5 foot supports to hold this new growth, instead they bent over and hung (which was OK. ) The cracking continues though, and some have firm white tissue in places throughout, hardly useable.
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on May 12, 2022 8:40 AM concerning plant:
    (68t days). Large 3- to 4-inch-diameter red fruits are produced on compact 3 1/2-foot, hybrid plants. This dwarf indeterminate (a dwarf plant that produces fruit all season long) bears until frost and is a great container plant.
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on Apr 29, 2022 4:20 PM concerning plant:
    'Bush Goliath' (68t days). Large 3- to 4-inch-diameter red fruits are produced on compact 3 1/2-foot, hybrid plants. This dwarf indeterminate (a dwarf plant that produces fruit all season long) bears until frost and is a great container plant.

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