Patio Choice Yellow F1 Tomato

I grew five of these plants in Zone 9a in 5-gallon buckets. They are just now finished on December 24th. I planted the seedlings on 7/15. They reliability produced two - three pounds of tomatoes per week, sometimes more. I had a runt seedling that I thought about tossing on the compost. As an afterthought, I stuck it in an empty bed in my flower garden and let it ramble up the enclosure. This single plant is still producing sugary sweet tomatoes with no signs of letting up (until we'll get a hard freeze, that is).

I've grown this variety 4 times with great success. It grew happily in a 12" hanging basket and also in a full-sized earthtainer. In the basket, it grew to about 18" and in the earthtainer, about 3 ft. The yield is outstanding, and they are the sweetest very early variety I have found. They are far sweeter than any micro-dwarf I've tried! I have not grown it in the ground, so perhaps that is where the catalog description of "3-5 ft" comes from? Another advantage from the smaller size is that these can be started very early and they will not get "leggy" under good lights. In zone 6, I can get ripe cherries from Patio Choice Yellow by early-mid June!

Got so many dinners and salads out of a single plant, very prolific and sweet. Seedlings inside in March, transplanted into pots outside, up-potting until 14"x 12" pot. Planted with basil as a companion. This is a really nice one

Very easy to grow and prolific and pretty. Didn't stay as compact or taste as GREAT as a dwarf tomato like Boronia or Tie Dye. It was fun to try but overall I would go w any dwarf instead. I am also growing these next to the sidewalk in my front yard, and they are pretty!