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Variegated Tomato is a stunningly ornamental indeterminate variety that delivers both visual drama and genuine flavor. Also known as 'Splash of Cream' or 'Irish Cream and Green,' this open-pollinated salad tomato matures in 90 to 99 days and reaches 4 to 6 feet tall, making it a natural choice for trellised gardens or large containers. The striking variegated foliage combines ornamental beauty with productive functionality, yielding fruits over an extended season in full sun.
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Few tomatoes blur the line between ornamental and productive quite like this one. The foliage itself is the showstopper here, with its cream and green variegation creating visual interest whether you're growing in a garden bed, raised bed, or sprawling container. It's an indeterminate plant that keeps producing until frost, which means you're getting months of both landscape drama and harvests. The combination of unusual appearance and genuine salad tomato performance makes this variety magnetic to gardeners who refuse to choose between beauty and yield.
Variegated Tomato is grown as a salad tomato, prized for fresh eating straight off the vine or sliced into summer dishes. Its productivity over a long season and suitability for containers and greenhouse growing makes it accessible to gardeners with varying space and conditions.
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Start seeds indoors in warm conditions (68 to 82 degrees Fahrenheit) about 6 to 8 weeks before your last spring frost. Transplant seedlings outdoors after the last frost has passed and nighttime temperatures are reliably above 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Transplant hardened-off seedlings into the garden or large containers once soil and air temperatures are stable and frost danger has ended. Space plants 24 inches apart in rows 36 inches apart, burying the stem up to the lowest true leaves to encourage a stronger root system.
Harvest ripe fruits when they show full color and give slightly to gentle pressure. For salad tomatoes, pick them at peak ripeness for the best flavor, typically 90 to 99 days after transplant. Continue harvesting throughout the season as new fruits ripen; this indeterminate variety will keep producing until the first hard frost.
As an indeterminate variety, Variegated Tomato will benefit from selective pruning to manage its sprawling growth habit. Remove lower leaves as the plant matures to improve air circulation and reduce disease pressure. Prune suckers (shoots that grow between the main stem and branches) if you're training it as a single or double-stem plant, or allow some to develop if you prefer maximum fruit production.
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