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4th of july hybrid

Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2021 3:00 pm
by slugworth
A 60 day tomato,so to get it 4th of july normally I have to get it growing outdoors the beginning of May.
Risky with the weather we have here,but this year I bought big plants that were a lot older than 8 weeks.
I missed the 4th by 2 days.So it may be worth it to start plants very early and plant big plants at the end of May.

Re: 4th of july hybrid

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 2:38 pm
by GardenGuy00
I’ve grown it a few times. It’s one of the earliest I ever have grown. It didn’t make the Fourth of July this year, though it has before.

Re: 4th of july hybrid

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:31 pm
by goodloe
Hmmm, seems like I've got seeds for this one somewhere...as I recall, it's a large cherry/salad size, and indeterminate...?

Re: 4th of july hybrid

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 5:51 pm
by slugworth
2 oz average size,with creative carving you can use them on a blt.
Thin skin but tough,like stick between your teeth type.
Indeterminate.
Not to be confused with independence day,which is determinate with various size fruits.
Added confusion is the burpee independence day hybrid;indeterminate but 6-8oz fruits they claim.
4th of july hybrid is RL
After saving seeds for about 8 years they reverted back to a PL determinate 6-8oz fruits.
Plants/fruits from the saved seed aren't ripe yet.Probably based on a 75 day type or later.

Re: 4th of july hybrid

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 7:28 pm
by slugworth
It was probably based on indeterminate cherry for quick to mouth 60 days and the determinate for a salad size.
It is finally catching on around here,I found 3 places that sold plants.

Re: 4th of july hybrid

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 7:33 pm
by Seven Bends
This is a good tomato, reliable and early, plus it keeps producing all season long. We grow it every year. Most years we get at least a few ripe ones by the 4th of July, but this year we picked our first one on July 6 (seeds planted 3/26; plants put in ground 5/14). It's got a traditional, red-tomato taste with some tartness, not bland at all, juicy and not mealy. The plants manage to withstand and grow through early blight pretty well, which is important here. They're usually a little bigger than a golf ball, maybe up to 1.5 times as big as a golf ball early in the season and 75% of the size of a golf ball late in the season. They're generally perfectly round, perfectly red and blemish-free.
4th of July.jpeg

Re: 4th of july hybrid

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:40 pm
by slugworth
cheating and buying plants with blossoms and/or a tiny green tomato and planting in cement blocks
I was able to taste a real tomato june 15th one year and june 17th the next.That was planting around mothers day.
Along with bloody butcher,it is one of my july tomatoes here.
Pre-covid,when I donated to a food pantry garden I gave them those plants so they could start harvesting
in july to feed the hungry.

Re: 4th of july hybrid

Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2021 11:41 pm
by slugworth
I think it is much better than early girl or early doll.