This is an extremely early ripening tomato with some resemblance of an eating tomato but way smaller. The dense flesh has a good flavor and its yields although small make up for it in earliness and finished tomatoes in cool short season areas. The 'Plenty" strain is better than the original Subarctic for us. If you do not have a means or inclination for growing tomatoes in the far north, this selection is as close as you are going to get to a store tomato. The leaves of the plants are rather sparse which helps with light penetration throughout the small clusters of tomatoes.
Seed germinates in cooler soil and can be direct seeded outside if need be. Lightly cover the soil and keep moist until emergence. Not resistant to frost.
| Plant Specs |
| Genus & Species |
Solanum lycopersicum |
| Ease of Cultivation |
Grow in greater density than other tomatoes to allow for higher yields than normal tomatoes. They appear not to crack much for us and are really one the first to eat off the vine even though we are not hemmed in by winter compared to a zone 2 or 3 garden where this plant would be ideal. |