Tomato 'Flora-Dade'

Lycopersiconlycopersicum

Family
Solanaceae (so-lan-AY-see-ee)
Genus
Lycopersicon (ly-koh-PER-see-kon)
Species
lycopersicum (ly-koh-PER-see-kum)
Synonym
Spacing
4-6 ft. (1.2-1.8 m)
Sun Exposure
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
Other Details
Seed Collecting
Full Sun
Fruit Shape
Parts of plant are poisonous if ingested
Fruit Size
Fruit Colors
Growing Habit
Days to Maturity
Seed Type
Disease Resistance
Allow unblemished fruit to ripen; clean and dry seeds
Ferment seeds before storing
Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored
Leaf Type
Standard
Foliage Color
Medium (under one pound)
Bloom Characteristics
Red
Water Requirements
Where to Grow
Determinate
Regional

This plant is said to grow outdoors in the following regions:

Sun City, Arizona

Menifee, California

Arabi, Georgia

Stockbridge, Georgia

Pineville, Louisiana

Crofton, Maryland

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Gardener's Notes:

2
positives
2
neutrals
0
negative
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| January 2014 | positive

I have had great success with this tomato here in our home garden. The plants grow approx 6 ft and are full of bunches of tomato that gr...Read More

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(Zone 7b) | August 2006 | neutral

Informational -- I've not grown this variety.

74 days, determinate — This popular market tomato is well adapted to so...Read More

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Crofton, MD (Zone 7a) | August 2006 | positive

A commercially grown variety that produces great in hot humid weather: Floradade is a rather tall determinate with dense, meaty fruit. Al...Read More

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Augusta, GA (Zone 8a) | March 2004 | neutral

A 1976 fresh market tomato from the University of Florida, Homestead. It has resistance to fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, verticillium wilt...Read More

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