Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Green
Bi-color
Striped
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Medium
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
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.
Child plants: one child plant

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Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-09-07

Courtesy of Diane's Flower Seeds
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2022-05-21
Young plant.
Location: North Branch, MN
Date: 2017-07-11
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Date: 2023-07-08
First ripe Berkeley tie-dye of the 2023 season.

Date: 2017-08-20
Comments:
  • Posted by Newyorkrita (North Shore, Long Island, NY ) on Aug 25, 2014 8:15 PM concerning plant:
    Wild Boar Farms in California has a bunch of Berkeley Tie-Dye varieties, including Berkeley Tie-Dye, Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye, and Berkeley Tie-Dye Heart. The Berkeley Tie-Dye is a green-colored tomato with red and yellow stripes. Inside, it looks mostly green to me, with some infusions of red veining. I found Berkeley Tie-Dye to be a most unusual looking tomato, but in my garden the fruits were so bumpy and lumpy and non-uniform in growth that I didn't know what to make of them. I got poor production, but with only one plant that might not be a fair judgment.
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antsinmypants On May 27, 2022 Transplanted
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antsinmypants On March 14, 2022 Plant emerged
3 seedlings emerged.
antsinmypants On March 10, 2022 Seeds sown
Indoors under lights on heat mat.

1c 4 seeds.
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