Spear's Tennessee Green Tomato tomato
Solanum lycopersicum 'Spears Tennessee Green Tomato'
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size3 to 10 feet tall1 to 4 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, neutral
Garden uses
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Notes
'Spear's Tennessee Green Tomato' tomato (Solanum lycopersicum 'Spear's Tennessee Green Tomato') is a vegetable for food gardens, containers, and borders. It is typically grown as an annual. Frost will kill it, so set it out only after the last frost in spring. Give it full sun and average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Rabbits rarely make it their first choice. Bees and butterflies visit its fragrant flowers.