Florida Petite Micro Dwarf (solanum lycopersicum)
Open Pollinated determinate
Fresh seed harvested in Aug-Sep 2024
Origins: University of Florida early 1980's
Plant size
Height: 10-15"
Width: 12-15"
Fruit size
Diameter: 1-2"
Shape: Cherry- oblong- tiny beefsteak
Fruit ripening: Green, orange, red
Maturity
From transplant: 65-75 days
From seed: 95-110 days
Zones: 3-10
Sun: full
Growing difficulty: Easy peasy
These are wonderful dwarf toms that I first grew a few years back in 1-2 gallon pots and they thrived well enough.
For whatever reason this past spring I must have started 3-4 dozen F.P. plants and found my dumbazz wondering what I was going to do with them all, thus deciding to put the whole bunch in a couple of large containers (30 gallon livestock tanks) They were some of the last micro's I transplanted out in 2022 in late June and had all but exhausted smaller pots and plots. Should make for an interesting experiment in overkill container size, and wondered if they would stay small or go batshit and grow into something resembling the size of Montana. They pretty much got no larger than they would in a small pot and I didn't have to water them nearly as often either. They did however produce larger fruit and more of it...lol, some of the fruit was hardly cherry-sized and the pics were not even the biggest specimens....Iike an idiot I ate those on the spot. Whatever size pot they are grown in they have produced the largest fruit of any of the micro dwarfs I've grown so far. The fruit varies more in size compared to the other M. dwarfs as well, something for everyone.
The flavor is excellent, more tangy tart than super sweet measuring 4.5 brix.
All around great M.dwarf tomato eaten fresh or for salads etc.
I ferment all of my tomato seeds, 3-4 days when it is warm outside, 5-6 days when it is cooler. This removes the protective gel coating on the seeds which keep them from sprouting while inside the tomato. It also assists in faster germination.
2018 notes:
1-2 gal. pots, about as wide as tall. Keep watered, bigger fruit and bigger variance. Good producer, a bit later than some of the other micro's. Did not stake.
2022 notes:
Plants are doing great, even the two that broke off during the ass over tea-kettle tripping over the stump incident must have healed themselves and started new roots, because I can not tell them apart from the lucky unscathed ones. Had to immediately make a giant oval fence barrier to keep the a-hole antlered speedbeef at bay lest they would all be bloody stumps by morning. Like most of these so called determinate micro's these will keep producing after the first picking, these in particular had gobs of green tomatoes on them until mid October right 'til the frost finally snuffed them out. Took the fencing off and every last green tomato was garfed up by the pointy headed basturds the following day. Got a lot of seed from the ripe ones nonetheless.
Seeds should be started 5-8 weeks before your last expected frost and can be stagger sown if desired.
Sow seeds 1/4" deep, keep evenly moist, provide plenty of light. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 75-85F
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Thank you, J