Tiny tomatoes

[baymule]

That has to be the cutest tomato I have ever seen!

 

[jackb]

I thought it was time for an update on this project; the plant is still under five inches high, but it has so many tomatoes I decided it would be prudent to give it some support. This began as a test for my soil mix, however I am getting in to this project at this point. It has been a number of years since I last grew these and as I recall they tasted pretty good. These are ideal for indoor growing, it is thriving under artificial light and it receives no special care.
jackb

 

[digitS']

That is one fruit-loaded little plant!

I've wondered whether it makes sense for me to have really small varieties for the garden. They have that ground-hugging trait. Can you imagine what a low soil berm you'd need to protect JackB's plant from the wind!

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Steve

 

[so lucky]

@jackb, did you do anything special when the plant was blooming to insure pollenization? Such as shake the plant or blossoms?

 

[jackb]

@jackb, did you do anything special when the plant was blooming to insure pollinazation such as shake the plant or blossoms?

Absolutely, I always help pollination by tapping the trusses, and in this case I used an artist brush to make sure pollen was transferred. This plant had tiny flowers that did not open completely to expose the stigma, so the brush was crucial. The olives are flowering now, and I am doing them several times a day also. Olives are wind pollinated, and the pollen literally bursts out, so I collect it off the leaves and wherever it falls with the brush.

 

[Smart Red]

That has to be the cutest tomato I have ever seen!

It is looking even better than cutest tomato. It is looking like a darned right tasty variety of tomato.

 

[ninnymary]

It's amazing how the whole plant looks like just truces of tomatoes.

Mary

 

[jackb]

It's amazing how the whole plant looks like just truces of tomatoes.

Mary

It is so prolific that if they could scale it up to a normal sized plant we would only need a few plants in our gardens, then we could relax and enjoy the summer.

 

[Jared77]

I wonder if the pollination issues were it's undoing? I'm all for it! Having a tomato that would produce fresh in the house amongst the houseplants would be great!

Sure would help us northern gardeners fight the winter blahs.

 

[jackb]

I wonder if the pollination issues were it's undoing? I'm all for it! Having a tomato that would produce fresh in the house amongst the houseplants would be great!

Sure would help us northern gardeners fight the winter blahs.

Jared,
You must pollinate any tomato, cucumber or pepper grown indoors, or in a greenhouse. If grown outdoors the wind would pollinate the plant. As far as I know, this was not developed specifically to be grown indoors, but developed for its size.
jackb