Details
- Lycopersicon esculentum
- Open-Pollinated Heirloom
- Type: determinate
- Shape: round
- Color: yellow with green stripes
- Maturity: 80-90 days
- Size:
- 2-4 oz
- 2″ diameter
- Yield: “productive plants”
- Taste: bright, acidic
- Disease Resistance: ?
Notes:
- love these tomatoes: cool coloring and taste great
- shape of the little tomatoes was kind of boxy
- at first they were hard to tell when to pick, but then I found they actually turn more yellow than green when ripe
Sources:
- Seeds of Change (no longer available)
- Territorial Seed Co
Results from My Garden:
- 2010: unknown disease: grey fruit; brown patches on stem; brown inside stem; yellow wilted leaves turned brown; the other one produced steadily through August, then took September off, then started up again in October
- 2011: wilt killed one plant early in the season, second plant died in September
- 2012: wilt killed one in mid-Aug; other plant out-competed (pine tree roots)
- 2013: wilt killed 1st one mid-June; pulled the 2nd one out in early July (CTV)
- 2014: grafting was a success (non-grafted died mid-season), but rootstock promoted too much vegetative growth rather than fruit; will try other rootstock 2015
SEASON | SOURCE | DATES | PLANTS | SPACING | MATURITY | YIELD PER PLANT | AVG SIZE | DISEASE | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | SoC seed | 12×18″ | took longer to ripen | good production | smaller tomato | ||||
2010 | SoC seed | 3/7 > 4/23 > 5/15 | 2-1=1 | 18×20″ | 76 days | 43 | 4 lbs | 1-2 oz | unknown (yanked 8/22) |
2011 | SoC seed | 3/8 > 4/1 > 4/18 & 4/21 | 2 | 18×24″ | 100 days | 14 | 1/2 lb | < 1 oz | wilt |
2012 | SoC seed | 2/19 > 4/15 > 5/14 & 5/30 | 2 | 18×24″ | 86 days | 1 | 2 oz | 2 oz | wilt & pine tree roots |
2013 | TSC start & Wyntour start | 5/26 & 6/22 | 2 | ? | 1 | 4 oz | 4 oz | wilt &CTV | |
2014 | SoC seed | 3/8 > 4/15 > 5/15 | 1 | 24″ |
71 days | 10 | 13 oz | 1.3 oz | yanked 9/21 (wilt) |
DIY graft: SoC seed w/ TSC SuperNatural rootstock | 3/8 > 4/5 graft > 4/15 > 5/6 | 1 | 24″ | 79 days | 18 | 2 lbs | 1.5 oz |