{"product_id":"florida-petite-micro-dwarf-tomato-30-fresh-seeds-for-2025","title":"Florida Petite Micro Dwarf 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            Florida Petite Micro Dwarf  (solanum lycopersicum)\u003cbr\u003eOpen Pollinated determinate\u003cbr\u003eFresh seed harvested in Aug-Sep 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrigins: University of Florida early 1980's\u003cbr\u003ePlant size\u003cbr\u003eHeight: 10-15\"\u003cbr\u003eWidth:  12-15\"\u003cbr\u003eFruit size\u003cbr\u003eDiameter: 1-2\"\u003cbr\u003eShape: Cherry- oblong- tiny beefsteak\u003cbr\u003eFruit ripening: Green, orange, red\u003cbr\u003eMaturity\u003cbr\u003eFrom transplant: 65-75 days\u003cbr\u003eFrom seed: 95-110 days\u003cbr\u003eZones: 3-10\u003cbr\u003eSun: full\u003cbr\u003eGrowing difficulty: Easy peasy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are wonderful dwarf toms that I first grew a few years back in 1-2 gallon pots and they thrived well enough.\u003cbr\u003eFor 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe flavor is excellent, more tangy tart than super sweet measuring 4.5 brix.\u003cbr\u003eAll around great M.dwarf tomato eaten fresh or for salads etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2018 notes:\u003cbr\u003e1-2 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2022 notes: \u003cbr\u003ePlants 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeeds should be started 5-8 weeks before your last expected frost and can be stagger sown if desired.\u003cbr\u003eSow seeds 1\/4\" deep, keep evenly moist, provide plenty of light. Ideal soil temperature for germination is 75-85F\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":48056499077172,"sku":"39R1ROC","price":1.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/7272\/3252\/files\/Output_341.jpg?v=1784708499","url":"https:\/\/healthlifetrade.com\/products\/florida-petite-micro-dwarf-tomato-30-fresh-seeds-for-2025","provider":"Healthlifetrade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}