Celebrity Plus Tomato is the improved version of the beloved Celebrity, with everything gardeners loved about the original plus enhanced resistance to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. This All-America Selections winner produces hefty 8-10 oz red globe tomatoes in just 78 days from transplant, making it perfect for gardeners in zones 3-9 who want reliable, flavorful harvests. The semi-determinate plants reach 4-6 feet tall and keep producing well into late summer, combining the manageable size of determinate varieties with the extended harvest of indeterminates.
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Full Sun
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This award-winning hybrid stands out with its impressive disease resistance package, protecting against eleven major tomato ailments from Fusarium Wilt to Late Blight. Celebrity Plus produces consistently large, smooth fruits that balance outstanding flavor with adaptability across different growing conditions and climates. The semi-determinate growth habit offers the best of both worlds, staying compact enough for manageable staking while continuing to bear fruit throughout the season unlike true determinate varieties.
These large, smooth globe tomatoes excel in fresh eating applications where their outstanding flavor truly shines. The substantial 8-10 oz fruits are perfectly sized for slicing onto sandwiches and burgers, dicing into salads, or using as the base for fresh salsas. Their consistent size and smooth texture also make them excellent choices for canning into sauces, with gardeners often picking final harvests in early fall to ripen indoors for processing.
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Start seeds indoors 5-6 weeks before the last frost date, sowing 1/4 inch deep in warm, nutrient-rich starting mix. Maintain soil temperature at 75-85°F with moderate moisture for germination in 5-7 days. Keep seedlings under grow lights or in bright windows with 8-10 hours of darkness nightly, then transplant to 3-4 inch pots at the first true leaf stage.
Transplant outdoors after soil temperatures consistently stay above 55°F at night and danger of hard frost has passed. Harden off seedlings gradually over 7-10 days before planting. Space transplants 24 inches apart and plant deeply to encourage adventitious rooting, watering with high-phosphate fertilizer solution to boost early yields.
Harvest begins around 78 days from transplant when fruits reach full red color and yield slightly to gentle pressure. Pick by gently pulling the fruit from the calyx while supporting the stem, or use clean garden shears to avoid damaging the 8-10 oz tomatoes. Harvest consistently to encourage continued production, and pick final fruits in early fall before frost to ripen at room temperature indoors.
Remove suckers that grow between the main stem and branches to promote better air circulation and focus the plant's energy on developing larger, healthier fruits. This pruning practice also reduces disease risk and makes harvesting easier as plants mature.
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“Celebrity Plus represents the next generation of the celebrated Celebrity tomato line, developed to enhance the original's already impressive performance with added resistance to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus. This improvement came as gardeners and commercial growers sought varieties that could handle the increasing disease pressure in modern growing conditions while maintaining the reliable production and excellent flavor that made Celebrity a garden staple. The variety earned recognition as an All-America Selections winner, marking its excellence in trials across diverse North American growing regions.”