- Hybrid F1
- Slicer
- 70 days to maturity (from transplant)
- Determinate
- Red
Celebrity Plus
Hybrid F1 slicer from USA. Celebrity's disease resistance package, now with added TSWV resistance for regions where thrips-borne disease is a problem. Ready in about 70 days from transplant.
Single source · Updated Sep 17, 2026 · Values marked like this (estimated) are estimates.
At a glance
- Fruit type
- Slicer 7–9 oz (210–250 g) · Flattened globe
- Leaf type
- Regular leaf
- Days to harvest
- 70 days from transplant · Midseason
- Plant height
- 3½–4 ft (100–125 cm) (estimated) Medium height
- Spacing
- 22 × 35 in (55 × 90 cm) (estimated)
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Position
- Handles open positions
- Growing sites
- Greenhouse · Polytunnel · Open ground · Container
- Container growing
- Balcony friendly min. 7 gal (30 L) pot (estimated)
- Difficulty
- Easy-moderate (estimated) 2/5
- Skin
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- Red
- Interior
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- Red
Plant size and habit
Medium height · Determinate
3½–4 ft (100–125 cm) (estimated) · Regular leaf
Celebrity Plus is a determinate plant that stops growing at a set height and ripens most of its crop in one concentrated window; a cage is usually enough support. Expect a plant of 3½–4 ft (100–125 cm).
Flavor
“Celebrity's disease resistance package, now with added TSWV resistance for regions where thrips-borne disease is a problem.”
Growing calendar
70 days from transplant Midseason
Timing shown for temperate climates; sow indoors 6–8 (estimated) weeks before your last frost date. Look up your last frost date by ZIP code →
Disease resistance
- T Tobacco mosaic virus
- ASC Alternaria stem canker
- F1 Fusarium wilt (race 1)
- St Gray leaf spot
- V Verticillium wilt
- N Root-knot nematodes
- TSWV Tomato spotted wilt virus
Uses & tags
- Slicing
- Fresh & salads
- Canning
- Beginner friendly
- Disease tough
- High yield
Origin
Celebrity Plus is a newer selection of the 1984 AAS winner Celebrity, bred to add resistance to Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV), a thrips-spread disease that can devastate the original Celebrity where it is present. It keeps the same 8-ounce fruit and yield as Celebrity, on top of an already broad resistance package: Alternaria stem canker, Fusarium race 0-1, Stemphylium, Verticillium wilt and root-knot nematode, plus TMV.
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Celebrity Plus tomato sliced in the kitchen
Questions
How do you grow a Celebrity Plus plant?
A Celebrity Plus plant grows 3½–4 ft (100–125 cm) tall (estimated). Space plants 22 in (55 cm) apart in rows 35 in (90 cm) apart (estimated). Start seed indoors 6–8 weeks before your last frost (estimated); it germinates in 7–14 days (estimated). It needs full sun.
How long does Celebrity Plus take to mature?
Celebrity Plus is ready in about 70 days from transplant.
Does Celebrity Plus need staking?
Celebrity Plus is a determinate plant that stops growing at a set height and ripens most of its crop in one concentrated window; a cage is usually enough support. Expect a plant of 3½–4 ft (100–125 cm).
Can Celebrity Plus be grown in a container?
Yes — Celebrity Plus grows well in a container of at least 30 L (7 gal).
Is Celebrity Plus resistant to disease?
Celebrity Plus carries documented resistance to Tobacco mosaic virus, Alternaria stem canker, Fusarium wilt (race 1), Gray leaf spot, Verticillium wilt, Root-knot nematodes, and Tomato spotted wilt virus.
