{"id":7408,"date":"2026-11-09T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/?p=7408"},"modified":"2026-11-09T15:41:46","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:41:46","slug":"sweet-pea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomat-pomidor.com\/en\/sweet-pea\/","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Pea Currant Tomato Review & Photos (Wild Pimpinellifolium)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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\ud83c\udf45 Quick take:<\/strong> Sweet Pea<\/strong> is a vigorous, wild currant tomato (Solanum pimpinellifolium<\/em>) bearing huge sprays of pea-sized, sweet red berries. Renowned for near-bulletproof disease immunity and unstoppable production up to 6.5 lbs (3 kg) per plant<\/strong>, these rampant indeterminate vines laugh off bad weather, self-sow readily as garden volunteers, and serve as perfect gap-fillers for whole-pack canning jars. Full summary \u2193<\/a><\/div>\n

Growers’ Notes and Photos (USDA Zone 5 & Wild Currant Trials)<\/h2>\n
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Sweet Pea Tomato Description:
\nThe tiniest tomatoes on earth, literally the size of green peas. Yields reliably no matter what the weather does. Frequently planted along fence lines to create a thick living hedge. Pumps out up to 6.5 lbs (3 kg) per plant. Incredibly sweet, keeping production going right up until hard frost. Extremely resistant to all common tomato diseases. A rare wild currant variety used fresh, for whole-pack canning, or dehydrated into sweet winter treats.
\nMy own two cents: these are completely bulletproof tomatoes. They never get sick with anything and couldn’t care less about crazy weather swings.
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Andrey3812: …these are completely bulletproof tomatoes. They never get sick with anything and couldn’t care less about crazy weather swings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Could not agree more! On top of that, mine come up as self-sown volunteers every spring. The volunteer fruit stay quite tiny, but there are so many of them they create an absolute jungle across the patch.
\nI make a point of starting two plants indoors each year just to get slightly bigger berries. For fresh table eating, the skins are a bit too thick and snappy. But for canning? They are fantastic! I use them as jar-fillers to pack into all the empty gaps between my big canning tomatoes. My family devours every last one and calls them “tomato berries.”
\nI also shared some started seedlings with a friend whose kid refused to touch regular tomatoes, and the kid ate these by the handful. Got some serious gratitude for those plants!
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Quick Facts: Variety Summary<\/h2>\n