Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Beefsteak
Fruit Size: Large
Leaf Type: Potato-Leaf
Best Uses: Slicing
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
History: An error made by a large tomato seed supplier in the 2000s. Since they were the supplier to many garden seed companies, the impact was widespread. Most companies corrected by discarding the mislabeled seed. Some simply renamed and this is the result.
Country: Unknown

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.
Parentage: Unknown

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Common names
  • Tomato
Also sold as:
  • Red Brandywine, Potato Leaf

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Date: 2020-07-07
Location: Tarlton
Location: Tarlton
Date: 2017-10-16
Location: Tarlton, OH
Date: 2017-08-06
Location: Tarlton
Date: 2018-05-07
Location: Tarlton
Location: Tarlton
Date: 05-20-2018
Comments:
  • Posted by m33jones2 (Tarlton, OH - Zone 5b) on Oct 17, 2017 12:31 PM concerning plant:
    I have read that tomatoes start turning their color from the blossom end. These don't. They almost always start from one side and closer to the top.

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