Dwarf Zoe's Sweet Tomato
Price: $4.45
SKU: 3405061One of the more unusual of the Dwarf Tomato Project varieties, 'Dwarf Zoe's Sweet' will be a stand out in your garden due to its interesting, chartreuse-colored foliage. Originating from the "Morty" family, Craig LeHoullier selected and named the variety after his beloved black lab. Additional contributions are from Nancy Ruhl and Bill Minkey. It was introduced by the Victory Seed Company for the 2021 gardening season.
Fruit Color: Purple
Special Groups: Container Friendly
Special Groups: Dwarf Tomato Project
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 Jan Hersey (Anacortes, WA) on January 30, 2024
Zoe's Sweet is among the tallest of the dwarf varieties, reaching 5-6-feet in my hoop house last summer and definitely requiring staking. At 85 days, it's a long wait here in the PNW, but the puckered chartreuse leaves are beautiful to look at and once it started producing, it kept on pumping out large, juicy, tasty tomatoes even after a light frost. Their meaty nature makes them a good sauce candidate as well as a flavorful slicer.
By Craig LeHoullier on February 10, 2022
This tomato is closely related to Dwarf Elsie's Fancy. This tends to the ivory colored side of the tomato spectrum, whereas Elsie is more of a butter yellow. Aside from the color difference, both varieties share lush potato leaf foliage splashed with white and good fruit set of medium sized slicing tomatoes with an intense delicious flavor tending to the tart side of things.
By Craig LeHoullier on February 9, 2022
A chartreuse foliaged tomato plant? Sure! Incorporating genes from the rare pale leaf version of Mullens Mortgage Lifter, this takes on the more stretched , taller character of that variety - but it is still a dwarf, and with lush potato leaf foliage. The tomatoes are medium or larger, quite oblate making it a superb slicer, a glowing pink. The flavor is reminiscent of Mortgage Lifter - full and delightfully sweet. The foliage color makes this plant really stand out in the garden!
