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Old May 23, 2008   #1
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Default Fireworks vs. Fireworks II

I'm growing Fireworks II, but need to know how big it will get. I only found one web site and mentions it is compact. I find Fireworks and it is indeterminate.

Is Fireworks II a determinate version of Fireworks? Or are they completely unrelated?
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I don't know if they are related. Tim Peters bred Fireworks II,
and I don't know the exact parentage.

It is a determinate, but it can get 4-5' tall in good
growing conditions. Mine varied some last year:
a couple of 3' determinates with decent production
in good sunlight, another 3' determinate in a shady spot
(4 hours of sunlight) with low production, and a 4-5'
determinate in an especially sunny spot (sunrise to sunset)
that had excellent production.

They were all in 3' tomato cages. By the end of the summer,
the branches on the taller one had grown out the top and
were back down to the ground. Same fruit on all of them.
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Dice,
How is the flavor on FW2?
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How is the flavor on FW2?
Not strong flavored, but I liked it. Odessa and Aurora
were stronger flavored, but it had more zing than I
expected (I was only expecting an early, generic red
with good production.) Better flavor than Spring King
(determinate) or PSR37 (indeterminate) from the same
vendor last year, and excellent texture, rather meaty.

I have more in the same general class of tomato this
year (medium-sized, early, productive reds and pinks,
determinate or semi-determinate, like Early Rouge,
Clear Pink Early, Sheyenne, Kalinka, New Yorker, etc),
plus a few larger, red "main crop" types, so I will have
more data on flavor comparisons this year.

I grew it last year, and I have two more plants of it growing
this year to compare with the new ones of similar type
to see if they are worth keeping, so I guess that could be
considered a recommendation.
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