I was looking forward to these beautiful tomatoes and started them earlier in the season due to their need to have 110 days to mature. I use fans, bottom watering and my normal Fox farms potting soil. They did amazing until they didn't. All of a sudden they all came down with a tomato disease and I had to throw all of them away. The disease kept spreading and I didn't want to loose my other tomatoe crops. I am very sad about this as I have never had an issue with tomato disease before. They were doing marvelous until they weren't. Now I will go through the process of sanitizing all the Bootstrap Farmer pots and trays. I had to wipe down my growing areas with bleach and have been running an air purifier to get the spores out of the air. As I understand that the Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici is a dangerous tomato disease and in addition the spores can be carried through the air. The stems were very sturdy but leaf curl and disease resistance is definitely an issue with this variety. It should be noted my pots I used were brand new. I don't think the disease came from the soil as no other plants were affected but I had them in four packs and they might not of had enough air combined with me getting the flu and having the heat cranked in the house. This might have been a breeding ground for the wilt. Either way, I am not sure that I will grow these ones again.

I started my Wherokowhai seeds in late January and I had 100% germination (72 cell seed tray with Sungro Black Gold seedling mix. Put on a heat mat and kept covered and moist. Removed cover and removed from heat when about half of the seeds had sprouted). I now have vibrantly healthy plants and they're growing great in containers. I've just transferred them outdoors because my last freeze passed. I'm so in love with these seeds, I've just ordered 5 more packs!

Received All items… can’t wait to get growing this Spring…will be growing these in my new GreenStalk planters

Slow shipping but excellent quality and prices

I've grown this for several years. Sturdy bushes need short but sturdy support up to about 3 to 3-1/2 feet. At first I got one superb tomato....worth a whole plant to itself. But this year it was my most productive tomato bearing over a long season, with many large (not huge) multicolored tomatoes: both inside and outside. Complex lovely flavor. A feast for the eyes AND the taste buds!
The pronunciation is fun too: fer-doe-ke-fee, being from New Zealand.