Oaxacan Pink Tomato
Oaxacan Pink tomatoes from 2011 harvest
Details
- Lycopersicon esculentum
- Rare
- Open-Pollinated
- Type: indeterminate
- Shape: flattened, pleated tomatoes
- Color: light pink
- Maturity: 75-80 days
- Size:
- 6-8 oz (SoC website)
- 5-7 oz (SoC seed packet)
- 1-2 oz (my results)
- Yield: produces well
- Taste: pretty darn good
- Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance:
Notes:
- selected in 1986 from a single fruit from Oaxaca, Mexico
Sources:
- Seeds of Change (discontinued)
Results from My Garden:
| SEASON |
SOURCE |
DATES |
PLANTS |
SPACING |
MATURITY |
YIELD PER PLANT |
AVG SIZE |
DISEASE |
| 2009 |
SoC seed |
3/8 > 4/18 > 5/10 |
2 |
18×24″ |
good production |
too small |
|
| 2010 |
SoC seed |
3/7 > 5/8 |
2 |
18×21″ |
86 days |
14 |
1.3 lbs |
1.5 oz |
|
| 2011 |
SoC seed |
3/8 > 4/1 > 4/18 & 5/12 |
2 |
18×21″ |
131 days |
9 |
0.7 lbs |
1.2 oz |
|
| 2012 |
SoC seed |
2/19 > 4/14 > 6/5 |
2 |
18×21″ |
124 days |
2 |
2.5 oz |
1.7 oz |
V, outcompeted by pine roots |