Berkeley Tie-dye Heart

SEAMSFASTER · August 31, 2011

Here are some pics of one of the most distinctive looking tomatoes I've raised.

The flavor was excellent as well - as complex as the shape and colors.

I did not expect anything close 1.14 lb. from this variety either.

It's a keeper!

FILMNET · August 31, 2011

Great I love my BTD plant also.

Linda10 · August 31, 2011

I'm growing this one now, too, but I don't have any fruit yet (added plant late in season). Did you get any fruit that was not multi-lobed? Any single heart-shaped ones? Beautiful colors!

SEAMSFASTER · August 31, 2011

I'm getting dozens of tomatoes from my two Berkeley Tie-dye Heart plants, but I would not characterize any of them as heart-shaped. Nearly all are under 6 oz. and no two are shaped quite the same as each other. Most have a little bit of lobing and there have been a couple of others which resulted from fused blossoms.

Here are pics of a different tomato, from a triple-fused blossom to ripe fruit.

FILMNET · September 1, 2011

I had Lobed fruits over 15 lbs 30 days ago with only 15 different plants. Crazy year

ddsack · September 2, 2011

My earliest fruit were somewhat lobed, but the later ones were quite smooth and regular.

FILMNET · September 3, 2011

Same here the plants which survived this nasty summer rain now have smooth fruits?

Randall · September 5, 2011

those are some great shots! I recently found seeds for those and am excited to try growing them next year. thanks!

SEAMSFASTER · September 7, 2011

I had a customer give me positive feedback today. Out of some 20 varieties of tomatoes she purchased last week, she liked Berkeley Tie-dye Heart the best!

Harvested another beauty today at 0.82 lb.

mygrandmalucy · September 7, 2011

Ahem.......that is a very voluptuous specimen!!! I haven't gotten any ripe BTDs yet...but my kids would LOVE to have a tomato shaped like a rear end.

August 31, 2011	#3
Linda10 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brush Prairie, WA Posts: 925	I'm growing this one now, too, but I don't have any fruit yet (added plant late in season). Did you get any fruit that was not multi-lobed? Any single heart-shaped ones? Beautiful colors! __________________ Linda10

September 2, 2011	#6
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	My earliest fruit were somewhat lobed, but the later ones were quite smooth and regular. __________________ Dee **************

August 31, 2011	#2
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	Great I love my BTD plant also.

September 1, 2011	#5
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	I had Lobed fruits over 15 lbs 30 days ago with only 15 different plants. Crazy year

September 3, 2011	#7
FILMNET Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: North Charleston,South Carolina, USA Posts: 1,803	Same here the plants which survived this nasty summer rain now have smooth fruits?

September 5, 2011	#8
Randall Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 6a Posts: 396	those are some great shots! I recently found seeds for those and am excited to try growing them next year. thanks!

September 7, 2011	#10
mygrandmalucy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Eastern Washington State Posts: 13	Ahem.......that is a very voluptuous specimen!!! I haven't gotten any ripe BTDs yet...but my kids would LOVE to have a tomato shaped like a rear end.