Dwarf Emerald Giant Tomato
Price: $3.95
SKU: 3402401Bred and released by the "Dwarf Tomato Project", 'Dwarf Emerald Giant' originated from a cross between 'Golden Dwarf Champion' (a medium sized fruited yellow dwarf) with 'Green Giant', made in 2006 by Patrina Nuske Small in Australia. It was introduced commercially by the Victory Seed Company for the 2011 gardening season.
The variety was selected and named by Craig LeHoullier. Others involved in its development are David Lockwood (Australia), Lee Newman, Susan Anderson, Julianna Griffin (Canada), Roger Humphreys (Australia), and Bill Minkey. Although it is well past its ninth generation and is a quite stable open-pollinated variety, it still may produce the occasional off-type plant.
Fruit Color: Green
Special Groups: Container Friendly
Special Groups: "Epic" Tomatoes
Special Groups: Dwarf Tomato Project
Harvest Timing: Late 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 Lora (Kentucky) on July 18, 2023
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By Lora (Kentucky) on July 18, 2023
Dwarf Emerald giant is one of the best green dwarfs I've grown. It's a healthy plant that is at the top of a 4 ft cage in mid-July, and it's just dripping with huge beautiful tomatoes. It did not pack the tangy punch I was expecting, but that could be because we've had unusually frequent heavy rains this year. Those rains also helped to bring on a heavy blight infestation too, but Emerald has held up well in spite of that. The photo is not the biggest one on the plant, just the one I had left after sharing several of the ones I picked today. I would definitely recommend it if you like the green-when-ripe group. It was also earlier than I expected it to be, coming in right at 80 days for me.
By Dinah Halterman on April 15, 2016
100% germination rate in four days at 65F can't wait to try this tomato. Will leave another review later in the season.
By Craig LeHoullier on June 29, 2011
It was really exciting to work on this variety. This is one of the earlier dwarfs to be named, and proved to those involved that size, flavor and quality is indeed possible on short growing dwarf plants. To my palate, it doesn't quite have the intensity of flavor that it's daddy (Green Giant) has, but tomato flavor can vary season to season. As with all of the dwarfs, I eagerly anticipate the opinions of others who try out this great new variety!
