Everglades Tomato
Price: $4.45
SKU: 3403941We received this variety from our friend Craig LeHoullier who wrote, "This is a pretty rare Florida heirloom - tiny pink fruit, probably a currant tomato, unusual in that they are pink and tasty - issue is that it holds its stem when picking, so the top can split. It is a tomato factory! One of the few that do well in Florida." It was shared with Craig by Melissa DeSa after a meeting at a Seed Savers Exchange event they both attended.
Germination is a bit slow on this one - give it 2 weeks to germinate. Our current lot tested at 80%.
Fruit Color: Pink
Fruit Color: Purple
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 Marie (Zone 10b Florida) on February 13, 2025
This variety produces bumper crops of tomatoes all summer despite high humidity, daily rains, high heat and insect invasions. They produced, for us, from February through August. Super sweet, delicious, tiny tomatoes without fuss.
100% germination of our seeds. Really easy plant.
By Mark Adams (Apopka fl) on February 11, 2025
Very tasty
By Candace (mid-michigan) on January 18, 2025
These are the best little tomatoes to grow, I had great success withe the seeds. I bought them two years ago but didn't get to plant them the first year. Last year I started them indoors. I got great germination even though the seeds were over a year old. they were very tiny about the size of a pinky nail and they were delicious. I enjoyed being able to go out in the garden and just taste eat them anytime I wanted and because they were so small they ripened before anything else. they were wonderful for throwing in dishes whole and adding to salads.
By Eric Nelson (TX) on December 11, 2024
My kids love these
By Ross (Black Mountain, NC) on February 28, 2024
I planted these in a 4x8 bed with a few other things. By the end of summer they owned the bed. Had winter not killed them off I would have been buried under tomato plants shedding hundreds of tomatoes an hour. They are mighty but tiny little fruits. Plant with extreme prejudice.
By Scooter (Coastal NC) on September 4, 2023
These tomatoes are just okay. I grew well over 12 of them and they bushed out like crazy only to have them die off midsummer. They are a little too acidic and very seedy along with being the size of a fingernail. Also, so many of them fell that I have them sprouting throughout my yard. I saved some seeds but I don't think I will be growing these again.
By Beth Bochnak (New Orleans) on June 10, 2023
It volunteered out of the leaves in our backyard and it’s unstoppable. We are currently holding it up with 5 tomato cages. It just keeps on fruiting and growing. Delicious. Super heat resistant.
