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'Sweet Million' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Cherry
Early-Season
 
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Description: Hybrid. Early cherry tomato with red 1/2- to 3/4-ounce, round, crack-resistant fruit borne in clusters. Indeterminate plants. Disease resistant variety. Resistance to Fusarium wilt, Verticillium wilt, nematodes and tobacco mosaic virus. About 60 to 70 days to maturity.
Days To Maturity: 60-70
Seed Sources: Totally Tomato - updated in 2015
Henry Field's Seed and Nursery Co. - updated in 2015

 
Rating Summary
 
Overall: (4.0 Stars)Overall
Taste: (3.8 Stars)Taste
Yield: (4.6 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.5 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 04/17/2017 by lizmom - An experienced gardener

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Franklin, Ohio, 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

Avoid it. Grow Sungold, Sun Sugar, Sweet 100, Super sweet 100 as cherries.\r\n\r\nI rated production low because I did not produce a single tomato worth eating because of the bad taste. I let them rot on the vine because of the taste.
 

Reviewed on 07/26/2010 by jeepgirlirgirl - An intermediate gardener

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Suffolk, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

I grew these little gems in a grow box and they did awesome! they grew very tall and were chocked full of flowers. taste was good especially warmed from the sun and right off the vine. As others mentioned, they need to be picked daily or they will split on you! You will need a lot of friends to share your harvest with because they are plentiful! I will be growing them again!
 

Reviewed on 11/23/2009 by pw - An experienced gardener

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Monroe, New York, 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

Old standby for me. Not great tasting, but dependable,
 

Reviewed on 08/05/2009 by NJGardengal - An intermediate gardener

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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

Grown these for years. Plants grow HUGE and you get HUGE yields of 1" or bigger cherry tomatoes. The taste is sweet enough, but not overly so. Plants have good disease resistance. I've never had a problem with splitting unless I was unable to pick the ripe ones before a huge rain.
 

Reviewed on 03/17/2009 by Sillius - An intermediate gardener

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Lorain, Ohio, United States
Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

This is basically a very standard, productive cherry tomato. If you want a cherry tomato like the ones at the store, but with better flavor, grow these. Like some said they benefit a lot from daily or almost daily harvesting, as the tomatoes split if you let them sit.
 

Reviewed on 09/17/2008 by Crocodile - An intermediate gardener

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Scott, Kansas, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day

An impressive red cherry tomato. The yield was even larger than Sun Gold and Black Cherry in my Kansas garden! The fruits are sweet and tender. I had zero split on me, but I picked them every other day. I grew my plant on a tomato ladder, and kept it pruned to three main branches. Some days the sheer number of yellow blossoms on this plant made me laugh out loud! Those long, flowing trellises will remain in my memory for quite a while. I'm already making room for Sweet Million in my garden plan for next year.
 

Reviewed on 12/16/2007 by Oregon - An experienced gardener

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Lane, Oregon, 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: 6 to 8 hours per day

The taste is rather bland but they sure are productive! I thought the skins were rather tough.
 

Reviewed on 01/13/2007 by Best Chance - An intermediate gardener

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Oakland, Michigan, 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

This is a very good tomatoe and if it wasn't for the fact that I'm addicted to sungold it would probably be my favorite cherry tomato. It is my favorite of the reds.
 

Reviewed on 01/01/2006 by Anita Apostale - An intermediate gardener

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Monroe, New York, United States
Frost Free Season: 183 - 203 days
Soil Texture: Sand
Garden Size: Medium - 400 square feet to 1,600 square feet
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

The Sweet Million are delicious and certainly prolific; however, if you can't get out to pick them every day, they will tend to split while on the vine. I stake mine and they grow over 10' tall, even higher if I stand on a step ladder and tie them to the stakes (I use strapping tape to tie 2 6' stakes together). I just wonder how much taller they would grow if I had the means to continue staking them and if the growing season was longer. I have to fence them in because the deer love them, so this past summer (2005), I put in a more permanent fence (I formerly used deer netting, but by the end of the season, the deer usually were able to tear through it and get to the tomatoes).
 

Reviewed on 09/05/2005 by leschigurl -

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Washington, United States
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It was very easy to take care of, and the cherry tomatoes were delicious! It just took up a lot of space in my small garden, and I forgot to buy the right type of cage for the plant.
 

Reviewed on 01/21/2005 by BigdaddyJ - An experienced gardener

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Delaware, 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

Blah taste. Wildlife won't even eat them.
 

Reviewed on 01/21/2005 by nanbil - An experienced gardener

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Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: Less than 6 hours per day

Excellent cherry tomato. I haven't found any better. Very sweet. Note:Seed also available from Territorial in Cottage Grove, OR
 

Reviewed on 01/20/2005 by nanbil - An experienced gardener

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Oregon, United States
Frost Free Season: More than 203 days
Soil Texture: Clay
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: Less than 6 hours per day

The best of the cherry tomatoes in my garden. Rarely makesit into the house without half of them gone Note: Also available from Territorial Seed
 




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