Tomato 'Berkeley Tie Dye'

As dorisv (Oakland) observed poor flavour, somewhat bitter, and exceptionally acidic. Highly crenulated and cracking. Low-yield of fruits...Read More and poor resistance to early blight in northern Rockies. Too high maintenance for the effort. Seedlings were strong, healthy, but plants late/slow to set fruit. Performance below that of other tomato cultivars yields in 2015 (despite locally, very favorable weather, El Nino warm, with average rainfalls). Pretty novelty may fare better in a greenhouse- not a cultivar for local prime, garden conditions, soil, and weather.

"Really" Lovely fruit's

BTD is a lovely fruit, but it did not have the flavor I was hoping for. It was a bit on the sour side and had very little in the full to...Read Moremato taste one seeks. It did set a few nice size tomatoes for me, which generally is not an easy task for the mild summers we get in the immediate SF Bay Area. I would not discourage anyone who would like to grow it for its novelty, but I will likely pass on it next year.

The flavor was unbelievable, with just enough acid to keep it still tasting like a tomato and not like some exotic fruit. It was really p...Read Moreretty, with variegation inside and out. It truly looks like a tie-dyed tee shirt on the inside. The plant was vigorous, and I grew it in a pot, where it has produced ten tomatoes ranging from four to ten ounces, which was my goal. More may ripen before frost. I think it would benefit from educated pruning, as I think it would grow bigger tomatoes with pruning. It did have some blossom drop with the hot weather, as my pots would dry out completely between my twice daily watering. Setting the pot in a shallow trough kept any further blossom drop from occurring.