VegetableTomato
Containers Choice Green Tomato
Containers Choice Green Tomato is a compact F1 hybrid that delivers ripe fruit in just 70 days, making it one of the fastest routes to homegrown tomatoes. This determinate variety reaches 18 to 36 inches tall and thrives in containers, raised beds, and garden plots across zones 2 through 11. Despite its small stature, it produces a reliable harvest of salad tomatoes with the resilience to shrug off serious diseases like Fusarium Wilt, Verticillium Wilt, and Late Blight. Whether you're gardening in a compact urban space or looking for a trouble-free addition to a larger plot, this hybrid combines practical disease resistance with the speed and flexibility that modern gardeners crave.
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Growing Conditions
USDA Zone
2-11
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
Soil
Well-drained, Fertile Loam With Organic Matter
Growth Stats
36 in
Height
TypeDeterminate
Spacing
24
Plant Profile
Sunlight
Full Sun
Water
Moderate
Zones
2-11
Size
36in H x ?in W
Growth
—
Care
High
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Highlights
Space 24 inches apart and watch this compact determinate plant deliver fresh tomatoes in under 80 days. Its hybrid vigor and multi-disease resistance package make it genuinely dependable: it can handle Bacterial Canker, Fusarium Wilt, Verticillium Wilt, Late Blight, Powdery Mildew, and Tobacco Mosaic Virus while also tolerating Blossom End Rot. The real strength here is adaptability. Grow it in a 5-gallon container on a balcony, tuck it into a raised bed, or plant it in rows 36 inches apart in open garden beds. From transplant to first ripe fruit takes roughly 70 days, a timeline that lets you squeeze in successive plantings or enjoy multiple harvests across a single season.
Common Uses
This is a salad tomato bred for the realities of container and small-space gardening. Harvest the fruit at peak ripeness and slice it fresh into summer salads, or use it in any application where you'd reach for a standard slicing tomato. The compact plant size and determinate habit mean you get a concentrated flush of fruit rather than a prolonged trickle, so it works especially well if you want to preserve, can, or sauce a batch all at once.
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Care Instructions
Start Indoors
Germinate seeds indoors in early spring, about 6 to 8 weeks before your last frost date. Keep soil warm and moist until seedlings emerge, then provide bright light to prevent leggy growth. Thin seedlings or transplant to individual containers once they develop their first true leaves.
Transplant Outdoors
Harden off transplants over 7 to 10 days by gradually exposing them to outdoor conditions. Transplant outdoors after your last frost date when soil has warmed. Space plants 24 inches apart in rows spaced 36 inches apart. Bury the stem deeper than it grew in the container if desired, as tomatoes can root along the buried stem for stronger establishment.
Harvesting
Harvest tomatoes when they reach full color and yield slightly to gentle pressure. On Containers Choice Green Tomato, ripe fruit will show rich coloring and feel soft but not mushy. Pick regularly once fruit matures to encourage continued production, typically beginning around 70 days after transplanting. Use a gentle twisting motion or clean snips to avoid damaging the plant.
Pruning
Because this is a determinate variety, pruning is less critical than with indeterminate types, but removing the lowest leaves once fruit sets can improve air circulation and reduce disease pressure. Pinch out suckers early in the season to direct the plant's energy toward flowering and fruiting rather than excessive vegetative growth.
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Companion Planting
Pests & Diseases
Ecology & Traits
Edible
Scientific Classification
Solanum lycopersicum
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Solanum
Growth Habit
Determinate
Native Status
L48 (I)AK (I)HI (I)PR (I)VI (I)CAN (W)