Characteristics

USDA Hardiness zone ^Help 10-12
Life cycle Annual, Perennial
Light requirement Full sun
Water requirement Moist
Soil type Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Height 2.0
Edible True
Edible parts Fruit, Seed
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato
Growth Fast
Alternate name Garden tomato, Dumádu, Garden tomato, Love apple, Lycopersicum esculentum, Tomate, Tomato, Tomato extract containing lycopene, Tomato|thakkali, Tumatis, Lycopersicon esculentum
Family Solanaceae
German name Tomate
Edible uses Oil
Plants For A Future https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Solanum lycopersicum, https://pfaf.org/User/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Lycopersicon esculentum
Propagation - Transplanting Start seeds indoors 5-6 weeks before last frost
Propagation - Direct sowing In containers or in rows in beds around last frost date
Soil pH 6.2-6.8
Germination temperature 70-80°f

Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

USDA Hardiness zone

10-12

Life cycle

Annual, Perennial

Light requirement

Full sun

Water requirement

Moist

Plant ID: 182 / Created at: 2020-08-14 19:56:28 UTC / Last updated at: 2021-08-11 06:05:22 UTC by wextnednesday

Description

An easy-growing, humus-loving vegetable plant that is mostly grown for its fruits that can be eaten fresh, cooked or dried in salads and various dishes. There are a great number of cultivars.

Indeterminate tomato plants are perennials in their native habitat, but are cultivated as annuals. Determinate, or bush, plants are annuals that stop growing at a certain height and produce a crop all at once.

An alternate name for the tomato is Lycopersicon esculentum.