PlantsVegetables & Roots
Tomato
Solanum lycopersicum
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
Warm-season fruit for the south bed
ModerateVegetables & RootsEdible
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 24–36 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Fruit Jul–Sep
- How it spreads
- Annual
- What to buy
- Transplant after the last frost.
- When to plant
- Start indoors early March. Set out after May 15, once nights stay above 50°F.
In the design
Indeterminate vines need a cage. Pull diseased plants before frost and do not compost them.
If you eat it
Ripe fruit
Leaves and unripe green fruit are not food. Water the soil, not the leaves.
Only eat what you planted and can name. This is not a foraging or medical guide.
