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Sweet Petite Tomato is a delightful bite-sized heirloom variety prized for its exceptional sweetness, heavy production, and easy snacking size. This indeterminate tomato produces clusters upon clusters of juicy miniature fruits throughout the growing season, making it an outstanding choice for gardeners seeking abundant harvests from only a few plants.
The small bright red fruits are sweet, juicy, and mild in flavor with a refreshing garden-fresh taste perfect for eating right off the vine. Sweet Petite Tomatoes are excellent for salads, vegetable trays, lunch boxes, fresh snacking, and colorful summer dishes.
This vigorous indeterminate variety continues producing heavily from midseason until frost and performs best with staking or cages to support the long productive vines. Sweet Petite Tomato is an excellent choice for raised beds, containers, homesteads, market gardens, and small garden spaces where productivity matters.
Sweet Petite Tomato Seed Details
- Quantity: 25 Seeds
- Plant Type: Heirloom Cherry Tomato
- Fruit Color: Bright Red
- Flavor: Sweet Mild Juicy Flavor
- Growth Habit: Indeterminate
- Seed Planting Depth: 1/4-1/2 Inch
- Germination Temperature: 70-85°F
- Days to Germination: 6-9 Days
- Row Spacing: 60 Inches
- Plant Spacing: 18-36 Inches
- 100' Row Yield: 75 Pounds
- Sun Requirements: Full Sun
- Harvest Time: Approximately 80 Days
- Ideal Uses: Fresh Eating, Salads, Snacking, Lunch Boxes, Vegetable Trays, Containers, Raised Beds, Market Gardens
How to Save Seeds
Tomatoes are primarily self-pollinating, so separating varieties by approximately 50 feet is generally sufficient for maintaining seed purity.
Harvest tomatoes when they are fully ripe for seed saving. Fruits may also sit for several days after harvest before processing the seeds.
Cut ripe tomatoes in half and scoop the seeds and pulp into a mason jar or container with a small amount of water. Seal loosely and place the container in a warm location out of direct sunlight for fermentation.
Allow the mixture to ferment for approximately 5 to 7 days. During fermentation, mold and nonviable seeds will float while healthy seeds settle to the bottom.
Carefully pour away the floating material and strain the good seeds through a fine mesh strainer. Spread the seeds onto paper towels or mesh screens to dry completely, turning occasionally to prevent sticking.
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Huge Producer
I’m in Coastal GA zone 8b and started these seeds the first week of January. They grew no problem and now in June are absolutely massive and produce like crazy. I got my first fruits in early may and now Im picking tomatoes off every couple of days and they taste amazing. They’re nice and small and perfect for snacking or roasting. Huge recommendation!
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tall strong plant
I live in GA zone 8b. I started this in a small greenhouse on my front porch and it has done better than all of my other tomato plants. It is the tallest and strongest of my tomato plants so far. It hasn't fruited yet but it's a little early for that anyway.