Tiny Tim Tomato | Solanum lycopersicum | Certified Organic
Well suited for tiny growing spaces.
Tomatoes are all about tall tales the biggest, heaviest, sweetest, earliest. But many of our most beloved literary figures are itty-bitty. This tomato would be at home in the tales of Tom Thumb, the Borrowers, Stuart Little, and Mighty Mouse. It caters to refined tastes and confined spaces. These miniature plants with tiny tomatoes deliver all the bravado of a full-size slicer in small but explosive sweet-tart bites.
Happiest in containers, Tiny Tim produces copious quantities of cherry-sized sweet-tart-tangy fruits on compact little plants. The tiny 1" red tomatoes are ready early and excel in sunny window boxes, picnic table centrepieces, and pots on city stoops.
Dwarfing habit. Sow indoors 3-8 weeks before last frost, then transplant after last frost. Tiny Tim is a container variety; it will struggle if planted directly in the earth. Be sure to plant in well-composted potting medium.
Days to Germination 5-10
Days to Maturity 45 from transplant
Height at Maturity 18-24"
Width at Maturity 12-24"
Sun Preference Full Sun
Growth Habit Indeterminate
Artwork by Giselle Potter. Her work, which can be seen in children's books, galleries, magazines, and more, is inspired in part by the years when she traveled with her parent's puppet theatre, The Mystic Paper Beasts.
About Hudson Valley Seed Company
They are a values-driven seed company that practices and celebrates responsible seed production and stewardship. Hudson Valley are best known for their beautiful artist-design seed packs (Art Packs) that appeal to gardeners, gift buyers, and lovers of art and nature.
These Art Packs, most fundamentally, tell stories. Hudson Valley challenges artists to convey in a manner that is fully their own, the history and meaning of the seed variety contained in each pack. These stories were once integral to traditional societies-stories of seeds were often origin stories for entire communities and peoples, and the lore and beliefs that accumulated around seed varieties reflected the nearly familial way in which gardeners and farmers regarded their crops. Our society is, by and large, no longer connected to plants this way. But we like to think these Art Packs help to stitch our fragmented world back together: useful seeds, evocative art, both equally valuable to our experience of being human.