Banana Toes Tomato
Price: $4.45
SKU: 3404921The "Speckly" family originated from a cross made by Craig LeHoullier between "Dwarf Tomato Project" release 'Dwarf Golden Heart' and the indeterminate variety 'Speckled Roman'. 'Banana Toes' was selected and named by Gina McDermott in 2017. Along with key contributor Gina McDermott, Craig LeHoullier, Bill Minkey, Mike Dunton, and John Dunton are the other contributors to creating this new variety.
Fruit Color: Orange
Fruit Color: Yellow
Special Groups: Container Friendly
Special Groups: Dwarf Tomato Project
Harvest Timing: Early/Short Season
Harvest Timing: Main Crop / Mid-Season
Full light and cooler temps (60° to 70°) will help to prevent the seedlings from becoming too leggy. If plants become rootbound before you can safely set them into the ground, transplant them into larger pots.
Harden off plants before planting outside. Young plants are very susceptible to frost and sunburn damage. Avoid too much nitrogen. Water evenly but not in excess.
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Customer Reviews:
By Craig LeHoullier on February 7, 2022
Think of this as a super dwarf growing highly productive sauce tomato. It's gorgeous. The bright yellow, 2-3 ounce long slender tomatoes have few seeds, dense flesh and are produced in abundance. The variety tends to produce lots of tomatoes in quite a concentrated manner (like a determinate variety), but keep it fed and watered and healthy and it will keep flowering and fruiting. Yellow tomato sauce? Yellow dehydrated tomato pieces? You betcha!
By Samantha Scott on September 11, 2021
Strong grower early in the season. It set lots of fruit but later succumbed to some sort of fungal disease. One of my plants did develop what I think was anthracose tomato spot with sunken dark spots starting at the stem end of the fruit that eventually rotted. I had some issues with BER very early on, but that went away with consistent watering and a garden lime slurry.<br><br>Plants did not exceed 3 feet in height. Somewhat acidic flavor with a paste tomato texture. Size was fairly consistent at 2.5 inches, but considerably smaller on the diseased plants.<br><br>Would probably make a good sauce tomato, but was only so-so eaten fresh. The flavor was good, but the texture was a bit mealy. This may be a result of stress as we have had lots of hot days. I would consider growing this again, but I would be more careful about consistent watering and possibly using some sort of preventative against fungal diseases.
