Quick Summary of Bundaberg Rumball
- 🌍 Origin & Name: A fantastic release from the Dwarf Tomato Project. Fun Fact: It was named after a popular Australian holiday dessert—rum balls made in the city of Bundaberg, which is famous for its rum.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: Mid-season, regular leaf dwarf. It grows as a highly vigorous but compact “tree-type” plant, reaching about 2.5 to 3 ft (80 cm-1 m) in height. It is exceptionally well-suited for growing in pots and containers.
- ✂️ Pruning: Requires virtually no pruning! Growers recommend letting it bush out naturally and only occasionally thinning out the foliage if the plant gets too dense to allow for airflow.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Produces small, round cocktail-sized tomatoes, often with a cute little tip (or beak) on the blossom end. They ripen to a beautiful dark, rich chocolate color.
- 👅 Flavor Profile: Lives up to its dessert namesake! The taste is highly praised as delicious, perfectly balanced, and rich with a distinct sweetness.
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Vigorous, but relatively compact dwarf (“tree-type”) plants with regular leaves. Mid-season variety, up to 2.5-3 ft (80 cm-1 m) tall. The fruits are small in size, round with a little tip on the end, chocolate-colored, with a delicious, perfectly balanced, and sweet taste.
Mine grew in a pot outdoors in open ground. An excellent little tomato! I didn’t prune any suckers at all, just trimmed a few leaves off from time to time. Tasty, sweet, rich flavor.
