University of Hawaii 'Healani' Tomato

PennyM · October 4, 2011

I brought these seeds back from a trip to Wakiki Beach in Hawaii.
We realized this plant was special from this first pic. It was loaded the whole season with medium sized red ripe tomatoes.
We hope to introduce it for 2012.
Tomato-Ly Yours,
Penny

jgaleota · October 4, 2011

How do they taste?

PennyM · October 4, 2011

They were extremely sweet and thin skinned. They also froze for us very well.
Penny

rnewste · October 4, 2011

I just did an information search on this variety, and TomatoFest carries them for sale:

http://store.tomatofest.com/Healani_p/tf-0236.htm

Seems like a long DTM (90 days) for a smaller fruit (2.5 inches diameter), 4 to 8 oz.

Keep us posted how they taste. A hot weather, disease tolerant tomato variety would sure be appreciated by many here.

Raybo

**carolyn137** · October 5, 2011

http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Healani

Tania also lists them for sale, please note above, and also note that both Gary at Tomatofest and Tania have been offering it for several years now.

I thought it was interesting that the U of Hawaii bred some other ones that Tania mentioned in her page as well, and one I recognized, Kewalo, but haven't grown.

Supposedly all of them were bred for tropical areas.

Just two folks list this one in the 2011 SSE YEarbook, one is Tania and the other one is in Alabama.

I should be so lucky I consider myself gardening in a tropical area and I say that with the possibility of the first hard frost tonight and tomorrow night.

coloken · October 5, 2011

So here we go again: in the refered places
One list as determinate, the other as indeterminate.
One says 75 day, the other says 90 days.
Makes a poor boy wonder about every thing he reads.

Randall · October 5, 2011

here's how it's described by the University of Hawaii:

http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/seed/seeds.asp#tomato

Hulamom · October 5, 2011

I grew both Healani and Kewalo (and many other UH tomatoes) last year, this year I grew mostly heirlooms (seeds from Tatiana and Carol Knapp). Both Healani and Kewalo are very sweet and tasty but because they are determinate, they don't continue producting like the heirlooms (continues over a longer time frame) and doesn't compare to the flavors of the larger hierloom I grew. It is nice that both Healani and Kewalo produces seeds that can reproduce unlike many of the other UH tomatoes. Nice to have a little Aloha in your garden.

PennyM · October 22, 2011

Randy,
The description from the U of H is correct.
Thanks for the clarification.
Tomato-Ly Yours,
Penny
Here's a pic of us in a Hawaiin grocery store in Wakiki. I was in Tomato heaven.

Randall · October 24, 2011

Very cool. So much great produce in HI. I was stationed in Oahu for two years while in the Navy and i truly miss that and many other things about the island! The sweet corn was also out of this world

October 4, 2011	#1
PennyM LIAR AND THIEF Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 45	University of Hawaii 'Healani' Tomato I brought these seeds back from a trip to Wakiki Beach in Hawaii. We realized this plant was special from this first pic. It was loaded the whole season with medium sized red ripe tomatoes. We hope to introduce it for 2012. Tomato-Ly Yours, Penny Last edited by PennyM; October 22, 2011 at 09:03 PM. Reason: spelling

October 4, 2011	#3
PennyM LIAR AND THIEF Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 45	They were delicious... They were extremely sweet and thin skinned. They also froze for us very well. Penny

October 5, 2011	#5
carolyn137 Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Upstate NY, zone 4b/5a Posts: 21,169	http://t.tatianastomatobase.com:88/wiki/Healani Tania also lists them for sale, please note above, and also note that both Gary at Tomatofest and Tania have been offering it for several years now. I thought it was interesting that the U of Hawaii bred some other ones that Tania mentioned in her page as well, and one I recognized, Kewalo, but haven't grown. Supposedly all of them were bred for tropical areas. Just two folks list this one in the 2011 SSE YEarbook, one is Tania and the other one is in Alabama. I should be so lucky I consider myself gardening in a tropical area and I say that with the possibility of the first hard frost tonight and tomorrow night. __________________ Carolyn

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October 4, 2011	#2
jgaleota Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Lincoln, NE Posts: 133	How do they taste?

October 4, 2011	#4
rnewste Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Campbell, CA Posts: 4,064	I just did an information search on this variety, and TomatoFest carries them for sale: http://store.tomatofest.com/Healani_p/tf-0236.htm Seems like a long DTM (90 days) for a smaller fruit (2.5 inches diameter), 4 to 8 oz. Keep us posted how they taste. A hot weather, disease tolerant tomato variety would sure be appreciated by many here. Raybo

October 5, 2011	#6
coloken Tomatovillian™ Honoree Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: NE Co Posts: 303	So here we go again: in the refered places One list as determinate, the other as indeterminate. One says 75 day, the other says 90 days. Makes a poor boy wonder about every thing he reads.

October 5, 2011	#7
Randall Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 6a Posts: 396	here's how it's described by the University of Hawaii: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/seed/seeds.asp#tomato

October 5, 2011	#8
Hulamom Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hawaii Posts: 53	I grew both Healani and Kewalo (and many other UH tomatoes) last year, this year I grew mostly heirlooms (seeds from Tatiana and Carol Knapp). Both Healani and Kewalo are very sweet and tasty but because they are determinate, they don't continue producting like the heirlooms (continues over a longer time frame) and doesn't compare to the flavors of the larger hierloom I grew. It is nice that both Healani and Kewalo produces seeds that can reproduce unlike many of the other UH tomatoes. Nice to have a little Aloha in your garden.

October 22, 2011	#9
PennyM LIAR AND THIEF Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Myrtle Beach, SC Posts: 45	Randy, The description from the U of H is correct. Thanks for the clarification. Tomato-Ly Yours, Penny Here's a pic of us in a Hawaiin grocery store in Wakiki. I was in Tomato heaven.

October 24, 2011	#10
Randall Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: 6a Posts: 396	Very cool. So much great produce in HI. I was stationed in Oahu for two years while in the Navy and i truly miss that and many other things about the island! The sweet corn was also out of this world