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- Start Indoors
- Transplant
- Start Outdoors
- Care
- Harvest
- Succession Plant
- Indeterminate
- Warm, Hot
- Annual
The Tsar of bells. Big tasty heart shaped tomatoes on wispy foliage plants. Out of the hearts we grew, this one and Monomakh’s Hat seemed to like our hot southern weather a bit better than all the others. The flavor of this tomato is outstanding. Tsar Kolokol has moved on to my list of top tomatoes. I can't imagine an heirloom tomato garden without it.
Solanaceae Lycopersicon lycopersicum
This is an example of the timeline you would see based on your growing conditions.
Mexican Bean Beetle
These are the bad cousins of the Ladybird Beetles and look somewhat similar. They feed on green, field and Lima beans and when present in sufficient numbers they can completely defoliate whole plants. They can be controlled by early planting, hand picking and by encouraging predators. If all else fails use pyrethrum or rotenone.
Image: Clemson University - USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org
Last Frost Date (LFD) refers to the approximate date of the last killing frost of spring.
Example first frost date on April 08.
First Frost Date (FFD) refers to the approximate date of the first killing frost of winter.
Example first frost date on November 01.
