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'Husky Red' Tomatoes
 
Sub-Category: Standard
Early-Season
 
Sub-Category 2:
Description: Hybrid. Early standard tomato with large, red fruit. Compact indeterminate plants with potato-leaf foliage.
Days To Maturity: 68
Seed Sources: Totally Tomato - updated in 2011

 
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Overall: (4.0 Stars)Overall
Taste: (3.7 Stars)Taste
Yield: (4.3 Stars)Yield
Ease/Reliability: (4.7 Stars)Ease/Reliability
 
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Reviewed on 08/21/2016 by JohnSVMG - An experienced gardener

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Bledsoe, Tennessee, 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: More than 8 hours per day

We have grown this for several years and will grow it again. Good taste, early and productive. It\\\'s prone to splitting following heavy rains. In our humid climate it is prone to early blight, but nevertheless produces reliably.
 

Reviewed on 12/22/2005 by dgtucker1417 - An intermediate gardener

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Jefferson, Kentucky, United States
Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days
Soil Texture: Loam
Garden Size: Small - Less than 400 square feet (20' x 20')
Sun Exposure: 6 to 8 hours per day

This variety was a good very good yielder. It was easy to grow and maintain. The taste was ok but not great. I would reccomend it.
 

Reviewed on 10/26/2004 by russell - An experienced gardener

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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

Would be a good variety to grow in a tub because of its' compact growth habit.
 




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