Micro-Tom
Open-pollinated tomato
- Breeding
- Open-pollinated
- Growth habit
- Dwarf
- Days to maturity
- 75-90 days 2 sources, all independent · basis unstated
- Fruit
- red, cherry
- Weight
- -
- Bred by
- -
Grey captions say what stands behind that particular figure. Breeding, growth habit and fruit characters carry no caption because they rest on the record's sources as a whole rather than citing their own; closing that gap is ordinary outstanding work, not a finished job.
Origin & history
Bred at the University of Florida as an ornamental, Micro-Tom found its real career in laboratories: at six inches tall with a short life cycle, it became a model organism for tomato genetics research worldwide.
Measurements
| Measurement | Value | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Days to maturity | 75-90 days | Consensus range across the cited independent references. |
Against the rest of the tomato database
Where this variety sits among every tomato we hold a comparable figure for. Position is not merit: earlier is not better than later, and hotter is not better than milder. Only cultivar-level figures are compared, never trial results, and maturity is only ranked against figures counted the same way.
later than 79% of the 258 tomatoes we hold a figure for. None of these figures state whether they are counted from sowing or from transplant, so they are ranked against each other on the assumption that suppliers use one convention, which is not something any of them says.
Production systems
Described as suited to
A claim about the seed, from the sources this record cites. A system not listed here has not been ruled out; no source addressed it.
Grown in trials under
Not recorded in any trial we hold.
Traits
Disease resistance
No documented disease resistance, typical of heirlooms and older open-pollinated varieties. See tomato diseases for the cultural playbook that fills the gap.
Related varieties
- open-pollinated
Camp Joy
75-80 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Peacevine Cherry
70-78 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Red Robin
55-60 days · Dwarf
- heirloom
Riesentraube
75-85 days · Indeterminate
- open-pollinated
Tiny Tim
45-55 days · Dwarf
- heirloom
Tommy Toe
70-75 days · Indeterminate
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Sources & References
Evidence: 2 sources, all independent references.
- Tomato Production and Cultivar Guides · University of Florida IFAS Extension, University or Government
- C.M. Rick Tomato Genetics Resource Center · University of California, Davis, University or Government