Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Hybrid
Skin Color: Red
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Flattened Globe
Fruit Weight: 9-10 oz.
Tomato Plant Height: 3 feet
Growth Mode: Determinate
Earliness: Early
Disease Resistance: Fusarium Wilt 1
Verticillium Wilt
Comments by NJ Ag Exp St.: Heat tolerant

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
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Solanum lycopersicum
  • Synonym: Lycopersicon lycopersicum

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Location: Tucson, Arizona
Date: June 2, 2016
Heat tolerant
Location: Tucson, Arizona
Date: June 2, 2016
Heat tolerant
Location: Medina Co., Texas
Date: May 29, 2012
Tomato 'Solar Fire'
Comments:
  • Posted by gardenfish (Arkansas - Zone 7b) on Aug 9, 2019 1:41 AM concerning plant:
    I bought this variety this year to cover the gap of harvesting while my late planted op and heirlooms ripened. The tomatoes on this hybrid variety are quite lovely, a smooth blemish free red, no cracks or other spots, but the inside (taste and texture) is horrible; no taste, mealy and a hard, white core around the center. Reminds me of supermarket tomatoes. I'm glad it was a determinate; it has quit bearing for the year and I don't feel guilty about pulling it up. If you grow hybrids, don't grow this one, there are so many other good ones out there, Better Boy and Best Boy, for example.
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BlondieRides On April 25, 2015 Maintenance performed
Pinched off growth. Plant looks a little fragile.
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