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Dwarf Melanie's Ballet Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

Price: $3.09

SKU: 3404301

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Dwarf Melanie's Ballet Open Source Seed Initiative


80 days, dwarf — The rugose, regular-leaf plants of 'Dwarf Melanie's Ballet' are vigorous and productive. The fruit are elongated heart-shaped, pink colored, two to four ounce, paste-type tomatoes with an excellent, slightly sweet flavor. This is one of the very first dwarf paste tomatoes.

Working with the "Leggy family," Susan Oliverson selected, stabilized and named 'Dwarf Melanie's Ballet'. Bill Minkey grew out the seed for the initial release in 2018. Each packet contains at least 20 seeds.
Tomato Uses: Paste
Fruit Color: Pink
Fruit Color: Purple
Special Groups: Container Friendly
Special Groups: Dwarf Tomato Project
Harvest Timing: Main Crop / Mid-Season
In an effort to keep this variety available to home gardeners, 'Dwarf Melanie's Ballet' has been released by "The Dwarf Tomato Project" (the breeder) to the public under the Open Source Seed Initiative (OSSI). You have the freedom to use these OSSI-Pledged seeds in any way you choose. In return, if you save seeds or use 'Dwarf Melanie's Ballet' to breed a new variety, you pledge not to restrict others' use of these seeds or their derivatives by patents or other means, and to include this pledge with any transfer of these seeds or their derivatives. To learn more about this program, click here.

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★★★★★ Great in pots or in raised beds
By Cathleen Bartone (northern Wisconsin) on September 27, 2024

I grew for of this variety in 14" pots. They did well. They required staking and there was a good fruit yield. The tomatoes were tasty. The photo, taken 9/27, is of a leftover plant that I finally tossed in a raised bed in mid-June. It's currently the size of a determinant but fruiting like an indeterminate! This may not be the "purpose" of dwarf plants but I am definitely going to consider this variety as part of the mix for my determinant varieties next year.

★★★★★ Will Produce Under Any Conditions!
By Amanda (San Diego) on August 21, 2023

Don\'t want to underplay the delicious fruits of this tomato, but the really amazing attribute of this tomato is it\'s persistence! I had a weird herbicide issue, weird weather, and inadequate light try to take this plant out in different areas of my garden at different times of the season. Melanie\'s Ballet was a miracle tom last season, refusing to be taken out under every unfavorable condition. This season (using second year old seed, btw) I was able to give her the much better conditions, and I was rewarded by early and constant production. This won\'t be the biggest tomato in your garden, but it will be prolific and delicious! Great in a salad, but also awesome slow roasted for sauce.

★★★★☆ This is a lovely, productive all purpose tomato
By Craig LeHoullier on February 9, 2022

This tomato is a delight. While not the most intensely flavored of the new dwarf varieties, it is a tomato machine. The medium sized oval shape is quite unique, and the glowing pink tomatoes, when cut, reveal a juicy interior, yet meaty enough to use in sauces. The flavor is pleasant, mildly sweet, and quite yummy.