Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Red
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Plum
Elongated
Fruit Size: Medium
Fruit Weight: 6 oz.
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 6 feet
Best Uses: Paste
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Late
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: meaty fruit, few seeds

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.

Victory Seed Company sells seeds of 'Mama Leone'.

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  • Tomato

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Location: raised bed
Date: 2021-07-11
Showing the size of Mama Leone
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Location: raised bed
Date: 2021-07-11
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Location: raised bed
Date: 2021-07-11
Beginning to ripen.
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Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2017-10-01
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2018-06-20
Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Image used courtesy of the Victory Seed Company
Comments:
  • Posted by pod (east Texas pineywoods - Zone 8a) on Jul 13, 2021 7:23 PM concerning plant:
    This vining tomato is 8 feet tall and growing. It has produced a number of medium to large sized tomatoes. Not at all the size I expected from a Roma type tomato, the tomatoes measure from 2 to 3 inches in length. The fruit is meaty and tasty.

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