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Tips for Growing Supersweet 100 Tomatoes Solanum lycopersicum ‘Supersweet 100’Some vegetables we grow in our gardens have names that may exaggerate a little. Take ‘Great White Northern’ beans, for example, which I’d argue are just a bit above average, but not necessarily “great.”
‘Supersweet 100’ tomatoes go in the opposite direction.
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Not only is the flesh of these cherry tomatoes very sweet, but the plants can actually produce 100 tomatoes each.
And that’s just the start. Grown properly and given ample support, they can yield upwards of 500 tomatoes each, over a long season.
If that sounds appealing, why not get to know a little more about this cultivar?
I’ll share some of its history, and then share some growing tips.
Here’s what I’ll cover:
What Are Supersweet 100 Tomatoes?Known as ‘Supersweet 100’ or sometimes ‘Super Sweet 100,’ this cherry tomato was not the first to arrive on the scene with abundant yields and an extra sweet flavor.
That would be its parent plant, ‘Sweet 100,’ which shook up the tomato scene with its introduction by the Northrup-King Seed Company in Minnesota, in 1978.
As the story goes (and it may be just a story), the sample plant came from row 100 at the field trial, and a European gent was splattered with the juice, but only amiably responded that “100 was a sweet little devil.”
With its fast growth, high yields, and sugary fruits, the variety quickly gained popularity. But it was supplanted by this hybrid, introduced by the same company in 1982.
Their aim was to preserve the good traits of the parent while introducing resistance to verticillium wilt, fusarium wilt, and nematodes.
Today, even
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