Bountiful Gardens - Homestead 24

Homestead 24 Tomato

Details

  • Solanum lycopersicum
  • Open-Pollinated
  • Type: Determinate
  • Shape: round, slightly flattened
  • Color: red
  • Germination: 6-14
  • Maturity: 69-80
  • Size: 8-oz
  • Harvest Length: 17+ weeks
  •  Yield:
    • Beginner: 100 lbs/sq ft
    • Advanced: 418 lbs/sq ft
    • “big, leafy vines produce lots”
  • Taste: “very good flavor”
  • Disease Resistance or Environmental Tolerance: 
    • tolerates & sets fruit in high temperatures
    • resists cracking
    • resists fusarium
    • resists catfacing

Notes:

  • Not sure if this is the same as Homestead 24F, or Homestead
  • “Great for hot, humid regions”

Sources:

Results from My Garden:

 SEASON SOURCE DATES PLANTS SPACING MATURITY YIELD PER PLANT AVG SIZE DISEASE
 2016  BG 2/25               
                   

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