Dwarf love apple plants are low rendering of cherry love apple plants . While both form produce miniature fruit unadulterated for popping whole into your mouth , the dwarf industrial plant are much smaller . They have brusk life cycles and they fall to harvest very rapidly . Because the vines are stocky and non - vining , and their root social organization is very condensed , they turn well in small pots or hanging baskets . Red Robin and Tiny Tim are two popular dwarf varieties , but each has its own special characteristics .

Red Robin

Red Robin is a super gnome cherry tomato plant that can be grown in a kitty or hang container out of doors during the summertime or indoors year around , according to Reimer Seeds . Because it will set fruit under fairly low swooning conditions , it can be grown under fluorescent Christ Within . Red Robin will spring up 8 to 12 in tall and can handle pots as small as 8 column inch . It does n’t beware a bit of crowd together , so you could companion flora Red Robin in a pot with nasturtiums , marigolds or Basil of Caesarea .

Tiny Tim

Tiny Tim is a very dwarf cherry tomato that grows well in terrace containers , pot and windowsill gardens , allot to Reimer Seeds . Tiny Tim will reach 18 inches tall if grown in the ground and 12 in tall if grow in in a container . It can thrive in great deal as minuscule as 6 column inch . Tiny Tim can be constitute early in the season ; it can cover cool fountain weather .

Determinate

Both Red Robin and Tiny Tim are definitive Lycopersicon esculentum plants . This means that they reach a define sizing and all their yield ripens within a short flow ( about two hebdomad ) . After the harvest , the plant will tardily stop growing and prepare no Modern yield .

Pruning

Because Red Robin and Tiny Tim are determinate tomatoes , neither should be pruned or have their suckers removed . They will not need caging , but an exceptionally gravid harvest time may require staking .

Harvest

Red Robin will glean in 55 day , yielding 1 1/4 - inch , special sweet red yield . midget Tim has a 45 - Clarence Day harvest , with great quantities of ¾-inch , bright red yield . Both industrial plant ' tomatoes can be used in salads , as a garnish , in alimentary paste , with dip or on top of bruschetta . Can them , dry them or make into salsa and immobilise .

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