Vegetables
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Country of Origin: Puerto Rico
Hybridizer or Originator: Desde mi Huerto

Data specific to Tomatoes (Edit)
Heredity: Open Pollinated
Skin Color: Red
Flesh Color: Red
Fruit Shape: Ribbed
Fruit Size: Large
Best Uses: Slicing
Canning
Cooking
Growth Mode: Indeterminate
Earliness: Mid-season
Days to Maturity: 70
Miscellaneous: Heirloom

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.

Common names
  • Tomato

Comments:
  • Posted by dave (Southlake, Texas - Zone 8a) on Mar 22, 2024 9:26 AM concerning plant:
    This is an heirloom tomato from Puerto Rico, introduced by the seed company Desde mi Huerto. The fruits are red and deeply ribbed. Probably originally from Italy as it looks much like the other "Custoluto" tomato types.
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dave On March 27, 2024 Seeds germinated
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Sowed 4 cells.
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