2025 Edible - Vegetable Winner
Tomato Tonatico F1
Just when you thought you had your all-time favorite cherry tomato, Tonatico comes along to change your mind!
High yield? You got it!
Delicious fruits? You got it!
Great texture? You got it!
Disease resistance? You got it!
Less fruit cracking and splitting? You got it!
In the trials, judges were very pleased with the superior sepals and pedicels, the taste and texture, and the uniform fruit clusters that held on long, easy-to-harvest trusses. Venture out and try something new when it comes to cherry tomatoes!
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Plant Description
Genus:
Solanum
Species:
lycopersicum
Common Name:
Tomato
Plant Habit:
Upright, indeterminate
Plant Height:
60 inches
Plant Spread:
36 inches
Fruit Color (Harvest):
Red
Fruit Shape:
Round
Fruit Weight:
Small (<2 ounces)
Fruit Flavor Description:
Sweet and robust
Foliage Color:
Green
Disease Resistances or Tolerances:
Fusarium, Tomato Mosaic Virus, Nematodes, Bacterial Speck (Pseudomonas syringae)
Breeder:
Bejo USA
Close Market Comparison:
Supersweet 100, Crokini
Planting & Care
Garden Spacing:
49 inches
Days To Harvest (Transplant):
60
Duration Type:
Annual
Light Needs:
Full sun
Water Needs:
Normal
Season Type:
Warm season
Staking Required:
Yes
Container:
Yes - 5 gallon
How to Grow:
Transplanting recommended. Start seeds indoors 4-6 weeks before the last frost. Set out when all danger of frost has passed and soil has warmed.
Judges Observations
- “We’re selecting the Entry for overall taste and texture with just the right balance. We’ve started to encounter lots of temperature fluctuations at this point in the season and entry is holding strong – no cracking.”
- “It had a good yield, uniform fruit, excellent disease resistance, and low incidence of splitting.”
- ” Earliest of any of my trials, huge clusters of fruit, excellent sugars, good crack resistance and overall good performance.”
- “The fruit had a snappy skin and juicy fruit with a mild taste.”
- “Beautiful full set of stems of fruit. Very little cracking. Clusters are very attractive and uniform.”
- “Entry has a compact healthy plant with high yields and early maturity. Excellent fruit size and better quality than comparisons.”
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