Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Pink
Flesh Color: Pink
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Large
Fruit Weight: 12 oz.
Leaf Type: Potato-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 6 feet
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Late
Miscellaneous: Potato leaf
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: Full sweet 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.

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Common names
  • Tomato

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Location: my garden in MD
Date: 2023-07-21
Cut halfway through, horizontally. Gotta love a meaty tomato!
Location: my garden in MD
Date: 2023-07-21
25 oz, biggest tomato I've ever grown! This one is not quite ripe
Location: Philadelphia 
Date: 04/21/2023
Location: my garden in MD
Date: 2023-07-21
Sweet & delicious! Green "core" extended through top 1/5 of this

 Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissi
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Comments:
  • Posted by critterologist (Frederick, MD - Zone 6b) on Jul 23, 2023 11:42 AM concerning plant:
    First year growing these, and I'm impressed! Vigorous plants are LOADED with HUGE fruit that have excellent sweet flavor. I'm saving seeds and will grow them again!

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