{"product_id":"brad39s-atomic-grape-tomato-30-fresh-seeds-for-2025","title":"Brad\u0026#39;s Atomic Grape tomato  30+ fresh seeds for 2025","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"content-toggle-product-details-read-more\" class=\"wt-content-toggle__body wt-content-toggle__body--truncated wt-content-toggle__body--truncated-02\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n        \u003cp data-product-details-description-text-content=\"\" class=\"wt-text-body-01 wt-break-word\"\u003e\n            Brad's Atomic Grape   (solanum lycopersicum)\u003cbr\u003eOpen pollinated indeterminate.\u003cbr\u003eFresh seed harvested in Aug-Oct 2024\u003cbr\u003eOrigins:  Brad Gates of Wild Boar Farms 2017ish\u003cbr\u003ePlant size\u003cbr\u003eHeight:  Mine were about 5 feet tall in a raised bed with vertical support.\u003cbr\u003eWidth:  Well, they were trained and confined mostly vertical so they were only about 30\" wide.\u003cbr\u003eFruit size\u003cbr\u003eLength: 2.25-3\"\u003cbr\u003eWidth: 1.25-2\"\u003cbr\u003eShape: Oblong \/ oval plumish shape\u003cbr\u003eFruit ripening: green-dark green-purple+ every other color as they fully ripen\u003cbr\u003eMaturity\u003cbr\u003eFrom transplant: 70-75 days\u003cbr\u003eFrom seed: 100-110 days\u003cbr\u003eZones: 3-10\u003cbr\u003eSun: More the merrier, pretty sure the sun causes more purple\/rainbow coloring.\u003cbr\u003eGrowing difficulty:  Rather easy, but like most indeterminate Toms they need support unless you want them to be free range sprawlers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrad's Atomic creation won best of show in the 2017 National Heirloom Expo.\u003cbr\u003eThis tomato is not just another pretty face but a really richly flavored one, with surprising production. Very good keeper on the vine and also after picking.\u003cbr\u003eThe interior stays green with a rose mottling of color.\u003cbr\u003eExcellent complex flavor and beauty that stands out for gardeners and specialty growers with farmers market eye appeal. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2020 notes: The seedlings looked a bit spindly and frail compared to most tomato starts, but after a few weeks they were off to the races and growing like weeds on steroids. Aug. 14th, not exactly sure when to pick them, plucked a green and purple one last week and it was quite sour. Aug. 26th, much sweeter and downright flavorful. They seem to keep remarkably well on the vine and get more colorful with rich sweet flavor given more time. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2022 notes: Really getting some beautiful wild colors this year. The problem of leaving them on the vine until full colorful tastiness occurs is that the shithead wild striped gerbils seem 2B hoggin' the most pretty and tasty ones, whole bottom of the bed looks like a fookin tomato murder scene. Even discovered the lazy lil basturdz have a getaway house dug amongst the carnage. Found two more holes today of which I naturally pissed down. The gerbil outbreak this year seems like an Alvin amusement park BnB. When are they perfectly ripe? Obviously when the gerbils arrive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeeds should be started 5-8 weeks before your last expected frost.\u003cbr\u003eSow seeds 1\/4\" deep, keep evenly moist, provide plenty of light. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 75-90F\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShips for free via USPS first class mail the same or next business day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank you, J\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\n        \n    \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Healthlifetrade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48056499241012,"sku":"SJVU273","price":1.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/7272\/3252\/files\/Output_346.jpg?v=1784708504","url":"https:\/\/healthlifetrade.com\/products\/brad39s-atomic-grape-tomato-30-fresh-seeds-for-2025","provider":"Healthlifetrade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}