Tomato BadaBing! F1
2026 Edible - Vegetable Winner
Tomato BadaBing! F1

A new era for home-grown tomatoes is here with Tomato BadaBing! F1, the game-changing large cherry (almost cocktail-sized) tomato that’s ready to take center stage in your garden! This incredible new variety offers unprecedented protection against Septoria Leaf Spot, Early Blight, and Late Blight, ensuring your plants stay amazingly healthy all season long. You’ll enjoy early-season tomatoes with outstanding flavor, boasting juicy, crack-resistant 1.5″ bright red fruits. Despite being an indeterminate plant, BadaBing! F1 stays a manageable 40 inches tall. Bred for superior garden performance and robust disease resistance, this truly unique and reliable tomato promises an effortless, predictable, and bountiful harvest. Get ready for “more bang for your buck” and a summer full of delicious, healthy tomatoes!

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Plant Description
Genus:
Solanum
Species:
lycopersicum
Common Name:
Tomato
Plant Habit:
Upright, indeterminate
Plant Height:
36-40 inches
Plant Spread:
12-18 inches
Fruit Color (Harvest):
Red
Fruit Shape:
Cherry
Fruit Size:
Less than 2 inches
Fruit Flavor Description:
Great cherry tomato flavor
Foliage Color:
Green
Disease Resistances or Tolerances:
High Resistance: ToMV:HR, Bacterial Speck:HR, Root Knot Nematode:HR, Fusarium Wilt Race 1/2:HR, Verticilium Wilt Va/Vd:HR, Late Blight PH2 & PH3:HR, Intermediate Resistance: Septoria Leaf Spot:IR, Early Blight:IR
Breeder:
Frogsleap Farm Distributed by A. P. Whaley Seed Company
Close Market Comparison:
Sweet 100/Supersweet 100, Crokini
Planting & Care
Garden Spacing:
24 inches
Days To Harvest (Transplant):
65
Number of Fruits Per Plant:
50+
Duration Type:
Annual
Light Needs:
Full sun
Water Needs:
Normal
Season Type:
Warm season
Staking Required:
Yes
How to Grow:

Start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before the last frost. Set out when all danger of frost has passed and soil is warm.
• Planting depth and spacing – Sow seeds ¼” deep and 24″ apart in rows 3-4′ apart.

Growers:
BadaBing! F1 Tomato: Our first release with TomatoGuard™ protection against SLS (Septoria Leaf Spot), EB (Early Blight) and LB (Late Blight). Outstanding flavor, coupled with an amazing disease tolerance that will allow for open field and tunnel production in the most challenging production areas. Cocktail-sized fruits are 1.5″ and bright red. Developed with licensed donor lines (SLS and EB) from Dr. Martha Mutschler at Cornell University. A portion of all sales is paid to the University.

Judges Observations
  • “Unique cocktail size fruit, exceptional appearance and flavor and remarkable disease resistance set this one worlds apart.”
  • “Entry gave more “bang for your buck” over an extended time period.
  • “Overall, did very well, heavy producer, taste and texture good.”
  • “Large cherry tomato. Nice meaty texture.”
  • “Really lovely tomato. The shape is a unique category. Good harvestability due to large fruit size. “
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