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'Jet Star' Tomatoes

Sub-Category:	Standard Main-Season

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Hybrid. Main-season standard type. Compact indeterminate plants produce bright red, 7 to 8 ounce, smooth, globe-shaped, low acid fruit with minimal scars or cracks. Disease resistant variety. Resistance to Fusarium wilt race 1 and Verticillium wilt. About 72 days to maturity. Also know as Jetstar F1.
Days To Maturity:	72
Seed Sources:	Totally Tomato - updated in 2015

Rating Summary

Overall: (4.2 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (4.4 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (4.6 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 25

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 03/09/2017 by Blue Line Cami Queen - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Washington, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Compact, hardy indeterminate plant. Prolific great tasting tomato. Little to no cracking, nice uniform shape. Not good for canning/sauce (too low acid).

Reviewed on 03/16/2010 by edweather - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Oswego, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Had no problem with these, but haven't grown a hybrid in several years since I discovered OP and Heirlooms, which taste better.

Reviewed on 02/07/2010 by Daddybear - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Reno, Kansas, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I would rate this variety higher if it weren't a low acid type. Otherwise I like its' reliability and tolerance to heat. Over the last few years the producers seem to be having trouble with the consistency; lately they are producing fruits with gnarly green shoulders and deep, hard green cores that waste up to a third of the edible tomato.

Reviewed on 08/05/2009 by NJGardengal - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Bergen, New Jersey, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
I've grown these from seeds for a few years now. I tried them initially because I mistakenly thought that "low acid" would make this a sweeter tasting tomato. Its not sweet (just less acid I guess), but the taste is just fine anyway. But what ended up pleasantly suprising me was the large yields, and that the fruit is so pretty. They are all about the same size, they ripen uniformly and there are no cracks whatsoever.

Reviewed on 01/09/2009 by Keeper - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Hartford, Connecticut, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Excellent mid-season tomato for my area. This is by-far one of the best tasting tomatoes anywhere. It products early and over a long season. If you know anything about planting tomatoes Jet Star is a must.

Reviewed on 11/02/2008 by Pappabell - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Sangamon, Illinois, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Mom and Dad love this variety.People say you can`t can it.Well they(my parents) have for many years,without any lime or lemon juice.It`s soo uniform in size and quality.Such a great tomato.Seams to be alittle hard to germinate the seeds some years,but all in all a great tomato.

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Reviewed on 05/08/2008 by alang - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Onondaga, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
I've grown Jet Stars for a number of years now because the fruit is so standard in size and shape that they are like out of a machine. Have had no problems with them. The taste seems fine to me. Although I've often heard that Jet Stars are a poor canning tomato becuase of low acidity my wife cans them very successfully year after year.

Reviewed on 10/19/2007 by Jim Oliver - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Wayne, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Good mid-season tomato. Great in Salads!!

Reviewed on 08/12/2007 by Tomato Farmer - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Plants grew to 4 feet and bushy. Stopped growing and put out 25-30 tomatoes per plant. Were about a week or so behind my celebrities. A perfect looking fruit, most of them round mid-large size. Flavor is bland unless you let them go a bit past ripe. Plant was listed as indeterminate but it did not perform that way at all. Grew hard and fast until July and quit growing. When the plant became overloaded with tomatoes it defoliated just like my celebrities. I didn't mind because they are already loaded with tomatoes and they still have a month or more to ripen. A great crop for putting out big numbers of tomatoes but the taste is average at best.

Reviewed on 05/26/2007 by tomakers - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
This is my favorite early main season tomato. It is a fine tasting, disease resistant, high yielding tomato.

Reviewed on 04/10/2007 by ancjr - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Floyd, Indiana, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Yielded more than I expected, and not a bad tomato, just not exceptional.

Reviewed on 12/13/2006 by Downinmyback - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Dyer, Tennessee, United States Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Reliable producer of medium size tomato. Tolerate heat well but after tasting brandywine i will not grow this plastic tasting tomato again.

Reviewed on 12/06/2006 by DD - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Linn, Iowa, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Too bland, won't be back in my garden with all the other tomatoes that have taste and good production to choose from. This is not a good canner either because of low acid.

Reviewed on 08/29/2006 by Thalia - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Essex, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: Less than 6 hours per day
Our first year, starting from mail-order plants. Key to mail-order is to repot them as they grow and harden them as directed before setting in garden. We had no trouble with funguses or wilts or worms; and the yield was great. They do need support and pruning for best results. The ones that fell over and are growing on the mulch appear to be doing OK but they riper better up off the ground.

Reviewed on 08/08/2006 by veggiegirl - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Albany, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
these tomatoes are good to grow,eat wont attract pest to other crops either a great veggie/fruit to me

Reviewed on 07/23/2006 by plainolebill - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Benton, Oregon, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I've grown these tomatoes in Oregon's Willamette Valley for about 6 years and they are far an away the best main crop tomato I have grown in 30+ years of gardening. Sweet and thin skinned and pretty much problem free.

Reviewed on 02/04/2006 by plainsman - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Washington, Nebraska, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
I like this one. Strong yield and good heat and weather tolerance. This was a high quality fruit, pretty and plump, wiith good if not outstanding flavor.

Reviewed on 01/07/2006 by Marc - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Monroe, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
"Uncle" Dick raised hogs, greens and Jet Star tomatoes. Sold them at the public Market. We weeded and later picked these tomatoes, they were and still are the one tomatoe I can count on come harvest time. I can them and we eat them off the vine. I try several varities every year for fun, but depend on Jet Star for canning. I put in 100 plants and feed give away a lot of tomatoes.

Reviewed on 01/21/2005 by lightt - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Virginia, United States Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Great production, above average taste.

Reviewed on 01/21/2005 by barkeater - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Vermont, United States Frost Free Season: 103 - 123 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Grew them commercially for 14 years. Very reliable, but very prone to anthracnose where it occurs.

Reviewed on 01/21/2005 by maternut - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Tennessee, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Excellent one of the best.

Reviewed on 01/07/2005 by Becky - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Maine, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
The most consistently reliable, beautifully formed tomato I grow.

Reviewed on 09/27/2004 by dstout - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Erie, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Another of the older varieties that have a time tested (40 or so years in three climate zones of NYS) history of productivity. Easily grown in cone wire supporting "cages", the limited plant and fruit size is easy to keep clean and off the ground. Harder to find as plants in recent years as newer attempts at "bigger is is better" fail.

Reviewed on 09/20/2004 by E Mancini - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Jefferson, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Clay Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Easy to grow with good disease resistance. Good taste.

Reviewed on 09/09/2004 by russell - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Ontario, New York, United States Frost Free Season: 163 - 183 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20') Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day
Heavy yielding, crack free,excellent tomato.

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