Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Skin Color: Pink
Fruit Shape: Plum
Grape/Oval
Fruit Size: Small
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Salad
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Country: Germany

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: 2022-08-17
A typical group of German Lunchbox on a saucer
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2017-08-11
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2017-08-27
Lovely small pink tomatoes.
Location: Long Island, NY 
Date: 2017-07-20

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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Comments:
  • Posted by sallyg (central Maryland - Zone 7b) on Aug 17, 2022 5:13 PM concerning plant:
    My first year, and two plants of German Lunchbox. Both plants growing well and healthy into mid August, still making clusters of clean, uncracked, pinkish red fruits about 1 to 1.5 ounce, mostly the middle to smaller size in that range. Skin is nice, thin and tender, flavor to me is just average. I halved some and used the dehydrator for dried tomatoes and those are tasty and a really good size for this method.

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