Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Black
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Flattened Globe
Other: irregular
Fruit Size: Medium
Fruit Weight: 10 oz.
Leaf Type: Potato-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 4 feet
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Determinate
Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Late
Miscellaneous: Potato leaf
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: Rich complex flavor?

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.

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

Comments:
  • Posted by sallyg (central Maryland - Zone 7b) on Jun 29, 2021 5:23 AM concerning plant:
    I am growing for the first time this year, central Maryland. I have two plants, one very vigorous, the other less so, but that was planted later (fill in for another plant that died.) So far, about the same size plant and growth rate as other indeterminates. Update July 11. Both plants have grown well, beautiful big leaves, setting good fruit and no sign of any yellow or brown lower leaf as on all other tomatoes. Picked first three fruit today from 3 to 7 ounce, ate the smallest one which was pretty ripe. Good flavor. Will sample more before deciding if its as good as other blacks. July 22, I have eaten a few more, the flavor is just OK and the texture seems a bit mealy or something. It has not gotten to peak production yet, still a lot of green fruit. One plant of the two has suddenly completely wilted and I took it out yesterday. That plant was planted out slightly later as a different start had died in that spot.
    2022, growing it again, of those I planted and grew all the same conditions this is the first with several small fruits forming. As of June 27, this plant is slightly smaller in overall growth than three others, but bigger than Celebrity which is called determinate or semi-. Some sources call this semi-determinate. Update July 16 the first one planted out , main garden, is wilting though with all green leaves, the second planted out in the ex-compost area wilted drastically with all green fruit. Cut stem shows brown areas. I will stop growing this one as sudden early death is not in the plan, and it's happened both years. Plenty of other black tomatoes to try.
  • Posted by Trish (Grapevine, TX - Zone 8a) on May 3, 2022 9:04 AM concerning plant:
    84 days. A determinate, potato-leaved foliage plant with 3-diameter mahogany-red fruits with a rich flavor.

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