Sub-Arctic Plenty

Described as a mild, simple early red tomato valued more for its speed and cold setting than for depth of flavor. This is the recurring catalog and grower description, not a measured claim.

An extremely early determinate tomato developed in Canada for cold, short seasons, often called one of the world's earliest tomatoes, bearing clusters of small red fruit on a compact unstaked bush.

• Determinate bush. It sets most of its crop in one concentrated flush, which suits batch cooking and canning, and needs only light support.
• Ripens early, under about 70 days, one of the safer picks where the summer is short.
• Generally forgiving and beginner-friendly to grow.
• Reliably sets and ripens in cool, short seasons.
• One of our picks for the cold, short-season gardens of New England.

Sold out, or after a change? The closest alternatives, and how they differ.

Glacierbut Glacier is noted as sweeter while Sub-Arctic Plenty is even earlierStupicebut a compact determinate bush rather than a tall vine

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Is Sub-Arctic Plenty determinate or indeterminate?

Sub-Arctic Plenty is a determinate variety. Determinate bush. It sets most of its crop in one concentrated flush, which suits batch cooking and canning, and needs only light support.

How long does Sub-Arctic Plenty take to ripen?

Sub-Arctic Plenty ripens in about 50 days from transplant. Ripens early, under about 70 days, one of the safer picks where the summer is short.

Is Sub-Arctic Plenty an heirloom or a hybrid?

Sub-Arctic Plenty is open-pollinated, so seed saved from it comes back true to type.

What can I grow instead of Sub-Arctic Plenty?

A close swap is Glacier, but Glacier is noted as sweeter while Sub-Arctic Plenty is even earlier.