- Hybrid F1
- Cocktail
- 72 days to maturity (from transplant)
- Indeterminate
- Red
Mountain Magic
Hybrid F1 cocktail from USA. The blight-resistant answer: broad disease package in a crack-proof cocktail tomato. Ready in about 72 days from transplant.
Single source · Updated Sep 9, 2026 · Values marked like this (estimated) are estimates.
At a glance
- Fruit type
- Cocktail 1–2 oz (40–60 g) · Round (estimated)
- Leaf type
- Regular leaf
- Days to harvest
- 72 days from transplant · Midseason
- Plant height
- 6–8 ft (180–240 cm) (estimated) Tall
- Spacing
- 24 × 35 in (60 × 90 cm) (estimated)
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Position
- Handles open positions
- Growing sites
- Greenhouse · Polytunnel · Open ground
- Container growing
- Not suited to pots
- Difficulty
- Easy-moderate (estimated) 2/5
- Skin
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- Red
- Interior
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- Red
Plant size and habit
Tall · Indeterminate
6–8 ft (180–240 cm) (estimated) · Regular leaf
Mountain Magic is an indeterminate plant that keeps growing and setting fruit until frost; it needs a stake, cage, or trellis for the whole season. Expect a plant of 6–8 ft (180–240 cm).
Flavor
“The blight-resistant answer: broad disease package in a crack-proof cocktail tomato.”
Growing calendar
72 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
- LB Late blight
- EB Early blight
- V Verticillium wilt
- F1 Fusarium wilt (race 1)
- F2 Fusarium wilt (race 2)
Uses & tags
- Fresh & salads
- Snacking
- Roasting
- Disease tough
- Crack resistant
- High yield
Origin
Mountain Magic is the F1 hybrid of NC 2 CELBR (a large-fruited line with early blight resistance and the Ph-2/Ph-3 late blight resistance genes) and NC 2 grape (a compact indeterminate grape line with the ripening-inhibitor gene for long shelf life), released by Randy Gardner's program at North Carolina State University. It is the usual recommendation for gardeners who keep losing crops to late blight, and the fruit is highly resistant to cracking through wet weather that splits most cocktail types.
Sources
- Mountain Magic, NC State Plant Breeding Consortium (breeder institution's own cultivar page: F1 hybrid of NC 2 CELBR x NC 2 grape; disease resistance confirmed exactly as recorded — early blight (moderate), late blight (high, Ph-2/Ph-3 genes), Fusarium wilt races 1 and 2, Verticillium wilt; highly resistant to fruit cracking, indeterminate compact habit) ↗
- Mountain Magic VFFF Hybrid Tomato Seeds, Tomato Growers Supply Company (retailer confirms breeder Dr. Randy Gardner, NC State; 72 days, compact indeterminate, 2 oz. crack-resistant fruit) ↗
Where to buy seeds
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Mountain Magic tomato sliced in the kitchen
Questions
How do you grow a Mountain Magic plant?
A Mountain Magic plant grows 6–8 ft (180–240 cm) tall (estimated). Space plants 24 in (60 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 Mountain Magic take to mature?
Mountain Magic is ready in about 72 days from transplant.
Does Mountain Magic need staking?
Mountain Magic is an indeterminate plant that keeps growing and setting fruit until frost; it needs a stake, cage, or trellis for the whole season. Expect a plant of 6–8 ft (180–240 cm).
Can Mountain Magic be grown in a container?
Mountain Magic is better suited to open ground or a greenhouse bed than a container.
Is Mountain Magic resistant to disease?
Mountain Magic carries documented resistance to Late blight, Early blight, Verticillium wilt, Fusarium wilt (race 1), and Fusarium wilt (race 2).
