| Heredity: | Open Pollinated |
| Heredity: | Open Pollinated |
| Skin Color: | Red |
| Fruit Shape: | Round |
| Fruit Size: | Cherry |
| Leaf Type: | Regular-Leaf |
| Best Uses: | Salad |
| Growth Mode: | Determinate |
| Earliness: | Early |
| Country: | USA |
| 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. |
| Parentage: | Florida Basket x (Moneymaker x Geminix x Adagio x Stupicke x Sonata x Lycopersicon minutum) |
| Child plants: | one child plant |
| dave | On May 11, 2024 | Plant Ended (Removed, Died, Discarded, etc) Got a good harvest. |
| dave | On February 8, 2024 | Bloomed Loaded with flowers. I see a couple small green fruits. |
| dave | On January 16, 2024 | Seeds germinated |
| dave | On January 9, 2024 | Seeds sown |
| dave | On April 1, 2023 | Miscellaneous Event Today I finished another batch of seeds in ferment. About the same as two weeks ago. |
| dave | On March 16, 2023 | Miscellaneous Event Today I took the seeds out of ferment. Dried very nicely. Haven't weighed the seeds yet but it looks like maybe an ounce. |
| dave | On March 12, 2023 | Harvested For several days I have been harvesting ripe fruits and today I filled a quart jar with the pulp/seeds for fermentation. |
| dave | On February 20, 2023 | Fruit Ripened There is one fruit on one of the plants that is starting to turn colors. It's not quite ripe yet but will be in another day or two. That makes a fruiting 61 days after germination, and 46 days after transplant. |
| dave | On January 26, 2023 | Miscellaneous Event Some little fruits are setting. |
| dave | On January 14, 2023 | Bloomed Got my first bloom today. These are fast growers. |
| dave | On January 5, 2023 | Transplanted Transplanted these into their final grow beds under the 200W 4x4 growlight. |
| dave | On December 21, 2022 | Seeds germinated |
| dave | On December 13, 2022 | Seeds sown Sowed 16 seeds. |
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