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'Glacier' Tomatoes |
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Standard
Early-Season
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Open-pollinated. Early standard tomato with yellow-shouldered, red fruit. Determinate plants. Originally from Sweden.
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56
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| Seed Sources: |
Totally Tomato - updated in 2011
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| Rating Summary |
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Overall: (3.8 Stars)
Taste: (3.8 Stars)
Yield: (3.8 Stars)
Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars) |
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Number of Reviews: 4
KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease
Reviewed on 08/21/2013 by
Earthmother
- An experienced gardener
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Natrona, Wyoming, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I live in a high altitude brutal climate for tomatoes. glaciers are my main variety. they are producing often before other varieties are even blooming. first fruits are small and have little flavor, later in the season fruita get larger and quite tasty for a short season tomato. reliable in any kind of bad weather. another plus, the need no staking. very heavy producers if the weather cooperates at all. if you cannot grow any other tomato, I bet you can grow glaciers. |
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Reviewed on 12/29/2008 by
Jay Tracy
- A novice gardener
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Pima, Arizona, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| This variety has great cold tolerance and poor heat tolerance. It is very difficult to grow in Tucson, AZ in either the summer or the winter. It does not produce much faster than any other short season variety. |
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Reviewed on 11/06/2006 by
starwoodfarm
- An experienced gardener
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Baker, Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: Fewer than 103 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| These were the first for me too, about June 20th in the hoophouse in my zone 5 environment. I love the taste, and was complimented on it often. The tomatoes are only 2-3 inches, but there's lots of them, right through October in the protected environment. |
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Reviewed on 01/02/2005 by
Bob B
- An experienced gardener
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Chemung, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
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| I grow Glacier as my first tomato of the season. It tolerates cold, so I can put out one plant in late April with lots of protection (Remay and a cold frame) and have garden tomatoes in June (June 3rd was the earliest). The plants will get early blight later on and the yield isn't the greatest, but its always the first for me. |
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