Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Round
Cherry
Fruit Size: Cherry
Small
Fruit Weight: >1 oz.
Leaf Type: Regular-Leaf
Tomato Plant Height: 1 foot
Best Uses: Salad
Snacking
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Extra-early
Days to Maturity: 45
Miscellaneous: Suitable for Greenhouse
Suitable for patio

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: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Other: Varies greatly by species and cultivated variety.
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
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
Needs specific temperature
Depth to plant seed: 1/4"
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
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: Suitable in 1 gallon
Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Suitable for hanging baskets
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 'Tiny Tim'.

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Common names
  • Tomato
  • Micro Dwarf Tomato
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

Photo Gallery
Location: Maine
Date: 2022-08-15
Location: My zone 8a north Georgia garden
Date: 2024-06-17
Location: Maine
Date: 2023-07-10
Location: Maine
Date: 2023-07-10
Location: Henderson County, NC
Date: 2022-06-25
Location: My greenhouse
Date: 2023-02-03
Location: Mid Columbia Gardens, Richland WA
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Location: My zone 8a north Georgia garden
Date: 2024-06-24
Location: My greenhouse
Date: 2023-02-22
Location: Henderson County, NC
Date: 2022-06-21
same day, after staking
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-08-10
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Tiny Tim') close
Location: My zone 8a north Georgia garden
Date: 2024-06-11
53 days after transplant into straw bales
Location: Henderson County, NC
Date: 2022-06-21
Before staking
Location: My Yard
Date: 2019-04-09
Tiny Tim is tiny... Brandywine is trying to photobomb in the fore
Location: My Home
Date: 2019-04-09
Location: My greenhouse
Date: 2023-02-03
Location: Ingleside. Illinois
Date: 2023-06-12

Date: 2023-01-07

Courtesy Annie's Heirloom Seeds
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Location: Victory Seed Company - Liberal, OR
Image used courtesy of the Victory Seed Company
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2020-08-10
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Tiny Tim')
Location: Indoors
Date: March 29th, 2020
Tiny Tim Seedling, 10 days after sowing
Location: Indoors
Date: March 29th, 2020
Comments:
  • Posted by BetNC (Henderson County, NC - Zone 7a) on Jul 27, 2022 5:06 PM concerning plant:
    Disappointing fruit: tough, thick skin and so-so taste. Despite being heavily productive, I ended up pulling this novelty plant because of its unacceptable fruit.
Plant Events from our members
p1mkw On May 4, 2010 Transplanted
p1mkw On March 3, 2010 Plant emerged
p1mkw On February 27, 2010 Seeds sown
GaNinFl On January 21, 2019 Seeds sown
antsinmypants On June 6, 2023 Transplanted
2 into the pot by the Arch Garden.
antsinmypants On May 16, 2023 Seeds sown
2 in 1
TomatoNut95 On March 10, 2023 Potted up
TomatoNut95 On March 10, 2023 Seeds sown
Sowed the rest of my seeds on this variety.
TomatoNut95 On December 31, 2022 Transplanted
Some seedlings showing 1rst set of true leaves. Transplanted into separate packs/pot for now.
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