Boronia Tomato

This tomato grows SO will for me. Taste ma great, Plant is sturdy, tomatoes are delicious and get uniform. I'm In Northern California. This is a plant every year variety for me now.

My biggest tomato challenge is the intermittent heavy rainfall throughout summer here. Many varieties will succumb to anthracnose, making the mature fruit inedible. The ones I did get had good flavor, but I mostly resorted to using these for fried green tomatoes, chili verde, etc. They were uniformly of good size, so I'm guessing they would be a great variety for someone without my weather challenges.

2022 was my first year growing dwarf tomatoes. I grew Boronia and Chocolate Lightning, and distributed seedlings to family and friends. Both varieties grew into robust, healthy plants that withstood last year's poor summer conditions (cool and foggy with periodic 100+ heat waves, and early rain followed by a hot fall) MUCH better than any of the other tomatoes in my garden. Boronia was very productive, and continued to produce medium sized, beautiful looking fruit until frost. Unfortunately, the flavor was watery and bland. I tried fruit from my Mom's plant as well as that of a friend, and all were similarly beautiful but flavorless.

I'm impressed, however, with the robust growth and durability of these plants and I'll definitely try new varieties this year. Between us, we grew these in raised beds, earth boxes, half-barrels and directly in the ground. Both Boronia and Chocolate Lightning did well in all locations. Given how unpredictable summer weather is becoming, the resilience of these plants is a big plus and I'm excited to try other varieties.

First time growing dwarf tomatoes and wish I done it years back. Easy to grow, no disease although it has been a pretty dry spring/summer. Stocky, sturdy plant that needs lots of staking to hold up to the weight of many, many tomatoes hanging off the vines. No more than four feet tall. Many of the flowers have fused blossoms which results in a lot of big fruits. I am two mind about that. Bigger fruits means longer ripening period. Will definitely grow again!!

This tomato blew me away. It's so richly flavorful. It's very much a dark tomato- it is so similar to Paul Robeson. The plant is a tidy 3 foot bush that keeps upright easily with just a stake. These plants gave more tomatoes than any of the other varieties of slicers that I grew. This his a tremendous tomato that I will always grow from now on.

This is my first time growing dwarf tomatoes. At first I was worried the seedlings wouldn't survive in the tropical heat but they did. After much careful attention to watering, feedings, sun exposure and pest management, I harvested and tasted my first Boronia tomatoes and they are AWESOME. They were well worth the patience. Thank you Victory Seeds!

I wont plant these again. Very hardy plant and good flavor. However, skins were so thick had to peel the tomato. Not the greatest production. It may be that my area is not an optimal growing environment because of humidity and heat.

Despite adverse growing conditions (flooding in spring, drought in summer) this little tomato has been a steady producer. I ended up with only three plants, one of which I gave to a neighbor, and all three have done well, producing delicious red tomatoes right through 90F heat. I'll devote more time and energy to this one next year.

'Boronia' produced well without a lot of fuss and continues to produce in the heat. They are delicious and the flavor is very similar to the 'Black Krim' tomatoes I raised, without as much trimming of leaves, etc. 'Boronia' grew to a maximum of four feet. Their fruit is generally around the one pound size, with some smaller as the heat seems to have slowed them down. Highly recommend!

In contrast, I grew out a total of seventy tomato plants in homemade compost in raised beds. First time growing dwarf tomatoes. Sprayed weekly with Neem/Sol's once bugs began to show up. Varieties included: Boronia, Bundaberg Rumble, Loxton Lad, Waratah, Gurney Girl's Best, Park's Whopper and Black Krim. Black Krim has succumbed to the heat (100+) and humidity, although it still has some monster tomatoes on it finishing out.