Red Robin

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** NEWS FLASH **


This variety, Red Robin, has received some notoriety for being the "Lost In Space" tomato that International Space Station astronaut Frank Rubio misplaced on the station. The tomato apparently was lost for 8 months before finally being found by colleagues who succeeded him on the ISS. Check out these videos and articles:


https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/U6pT4oj2


https://www.space.com/international-space-station-lost-tomato-frank-rubio-found


https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/08/world/tomato-frank-rubio-space-station-nasa-scn/index.html



Tiny (0.017 lb. avg., or up to 12 grams), marble-sized red fruits are surprisingly very flavorful: intense, rich, and fairly sweet. Quite distinctive vines: regular, rugose leaf foliage, semi-determinate production and micro-dwarf growth habit, typically growing to only 12-15” tall – ideal for growing in small containers, even indoors with adequate heat and light. Impressively high yield for such small plants. from around 72 days, 115 from seed. Seed source was

anonymous from a large online trade.