Tomato 'Momotaro'

I have grown this tomato in Kensington, CA, which is near Berkeley. Its productivity is medium, but the flavor is absolutely fabulous. ...Read MoreThe only variety I have tasted to rival it is goose creek.

I only grow them in containers on my roof, because that is the only way I can get them enough sun. They, like all tomatoes, need at least 8 hours of it a day. They are worth the trouble to grow them.

Some of the tomatoes had a nice sweet taste and were pretty meaty. But some had a disgusting taste that made you want to spit them out. N...Read Moreot very prolific, and plant was one of the few in my garden to get any disease. Not very prolific either. To top it off seeds for this variety are some of the most expensive. Fruit ranged from golf ball size to tennis ball size, and was red color.
To be fair, I ran out of cages so let this plant sprawl. Maybe the results would have been better if grown in a cage.

I planted a Momotaro last year in a raised bed. It immediately grew strongly, and reached a height of about six feet and about 5 feet in...Read More diameter. It produced numerous blossoms in clusters, and one or two small green fruits that never ripened. Not a single edible tomato.

I live outside San Diego, 32 degrees latitude, 2000 feet elevation, and sunshine most days. My other varieties grew well and produced good yields. Momotaro was a total flop.

I will plant one again this year, in a different spot, and give it one last chance.

The flavor of Momotaro tomatoes is just wonderful--sweet, rich, full flavored. Production was on the low side for me, and I did not find ...Read Morethis plant to be particularly heat tolerant. Loved the fruit that I got, however.

A terrific tasting tomato - one of my very best fall crop varieties in '08. A very nice surprise indeed.

Sweet, but also r...Read Moreich and "complex". Moderate to high production of mostly tennis ball sized pink fruit.

If you like Earl's Faux, Brandywine, or Brandy Boy - you'll probably also like this one. Some similarities in that sort of sweet/rich balance, at least to my tastebuds.

One of the most tasty tomatoes I have grown. A little sweet and large three lobed tomatoes are prolific on plants that are trouble free.

The flavor of Momotaro is surprisingly good for a hybrid. Although they are often descibed as being sweet, I thought that they were very ...Read Morewell balanced in terms of the sweet to acid ratio. They produce lots of medium sized tomatoes all season. I will definitely grow again.

Nice, trouble free plant. Picked my first 3 tomatoes from it yesterday & found it sweet & delicious on whole wheat bread. Will grow again..

I have found these plants to produce only a dozen or so tomatoes per plant but they are probably as delicious a tomato as I have ever eaten.

This is the most popular tomato in Japan. Hybrid plants produce abundant crops of round, 6-8 oz, smooth tomatoes. 78 days Also known as ...Read More"Tough Boy" here in the states.