🍅 Quick take: Dwarf Purple Heartthrob is a striking rugose-leaf variety from the Dwarf Tomato Project, bred from a cross between Dwarf Purple Heart and Berkeley Tie Dye Heart. It produces gorgeous purple heart-shaped tomatoes marked with metallic green stripes and splashes. Growers note that the tall dwarf plants perform well in the greenhouse when pruned, yielding fruits with a rich, well-balanced flavor that is both sweet and pleasantly tart. Full summary ↓
Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 4 Experience)
Bred from a cross between Dwarf Purple Heart and Berkeley Tie Dye Heart. The bush has regular rugose leaves. Height in the greenhouse was 4.6 ft (140 cm) when kept to three stems. The fruits are heart-shaped, purple, with greenish stripes and splashes of an almost metallic color. It’ll beautify any greenhouse.
The flavor is rich, well-balanced, has both sweetness and a nice tartness.
Full Summary: Plant, Taste and Appearance
- 🌿 Plant: A fairly tall dwarf variety with regular rugose leaves. In a greenhouse setting, it can reach about 4.6 ft (140 cm) when pruned and maintained to three main stems.
- 👅 Taste: The flavor is highly rated as rich and well-balanced, featuring a great mix of sweetness and tartness.
- 🎨 Appearance: Unusually beautiful. The fruits are purple hearts adorned with striking, metallic-looking green stripes and splashes.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: One grower located in USDA Zone 4.
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