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Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zones 3-5 Experience)
Determinate compact variety with silvery foliage and fuzzy fruits. Very ornamental 👍 – you can grow it in containers from 2 gallons (8 liters) and up. The fruits are red, round-plum shaped with gold stripes, some with a slight beak, pretty tasty, up to 1 oz (30 g). Very unusual variety!
Svetikk, please tell me, how many of these Fuzzy Wuzzys can I plant in a 4.5-gallon (17-liter) container? I’m using cut-off water jugs. Do they need any pruning/suckering at all? When should I sow (I want to soak the seeds today) 🤠
Svetikk, please tell me, how many of these Fuzzy Wuzzys can I plant in a 4.5-gallon (17-liter) container? I’m using cut-off water jugs. Do they need any pruning/suckering at all? When should I sow (I want to soak the seeds today) 🤠
I’d say 2 plants, well maybe 3 max 🙂 I didn’t prune them, sowed in early March.
Better stick with 2 plants probably, they get pretty sprawling 😃
how many of these Fuzzy Wuzzys can I plant in a 4.5-gallon (17-liter) container? I’m using cut-off water jugs. Do they need any pruning/suckering at all?
Tatyana, I grew one plant in a 2.5-gallon (10-liter) bucket, no pruning. Kept the bucket in the greenhouse, and it dried out really fast in the heat, I had to water it constantly.
Quick question, what’s the maturity on this one? Early?
Quick question, what’s the maturity on this one? Early?
Mid-season 🙂
Svetikk, thanks 😉 Won’t put it on my early list then 🙂 The little tomato is beautiful though, thanks for the tempting photos in this thread 👍
One of those rare tomatoes that’s just a total dud. Well, no, maybe it pleases the eye. And that’s it. I thought it would be cool… nope, it wasn’t. Just a fuzzy, shaggy thing sitting there. Won’t plant it again, though I did save seeds.
One of those rare tomatoes that’s just a total dud. Well, no, maybe it pleases the eye. And that’s it. I thought it would be cool… nope, it wasn’t. Just a fuzzy, shaggy thing sitting there. Won’t plant it again, though I did save seeds.
You have zero aesthetic appreciation – you just care about stuffing your face! 😃 It was too pretty to eat! The fruits sat in a bowl on the table for two weeks instead of a flower bouquet just for the design 😃 All the neighbors came over to admire this fuzzy beauty, took seeds – said they’re going to plant them in their flower beds 🙂 FOR LOOKS! 🤫
That’s exactly what I want to do, plant it along the walkway just for visual pleasure 😃
Sveta, did you try canning them?
That’s exactly what I want to do, plant it along the walkway just for visual pleasure 😃
Sveta, did you try canning them?
Nope… couldn’t bear to do it, everything went to seed saving 😳
You have zero aesthetic appreciation – you just care about stuffing your face! 😃 It was too pretty to eat!
Svetikk, I didn’t mind eating it, it was just gross. Like chewing on a loofah. But beauty is subjective. Like the old saying goes, to some, even a mare is a bride. Before this little tomato, only the hybrid Nasha Masha put me in such a swearing mood. But Masha wasn’t to blame, I shoved her in the darkest, coldest spot in the greenhouse myself.
I had very positive emotions from this Fuzzy Wuzzy 👍 First of all, it’s beautiful and unusual. From the very beginning as a seedling, it amazed me with its fuzzy leaves. Then it set fuzzy, striped little fruits. And here it is ripe. The taste is just regular tomato flavor, not gross at all 😋
I liked Fuzzy Wuzzy too, very ornamental and early. I sowed it on April 26, and by mid-August it was loaded with little tomatoes, but not ripe yet. I’ll find out today if it’s even still alive, it’s growing in a pot in the greenhouse, and there was nobody to water it for 10 days :(. But I’ll definitely repeat it next year.
Very interesting, productive, mid-early tomato variety growing up to 2.5 feet (0.8 m) tall. Leaves have a bluish tint. Fruits are small, oval, red with yellow stripes and fuzz. Juicy-meaty, sweet. The variety is quite disease-resistant.
Full Summary: Plant, Yield, Taste and Container Growing
- 🌿 Plant: A highly ornamental determinate dwarf with fuzzy, silvery-blue foliage. Usually stays under 2.5 feet (0.8 m) and has a sprawling habit. Does not require suckering or pruning.
- 📦 Container Growing: Performs excellently in containers. Growers recommend a minimum of 2.5 gallons (10 liters) for a single plant, though they dry out quickly. A 4.5-gallon (17-liter) container can support two plants comfortably.
- 📈 Yield: Sets very heavy clusters of small, 1 oz (30 g) red fruits with distinct gold striping and peach-like fuzz.
- 👅 Taste: Flavor reviews are completely divided. Some growers find it juicy, sweet, and perfectly acceptable as a regular tomato. Others despise the texture, comparing the thick, fuzzy skin and interior to “chewing on a loofah.” Many grow it strictly as a landscaping or flowerbed ornamental.
- 🌎 Who Reviewed It: Grown and reviewed by numerous gardeners across USDA Zones 3 through 5.
