- Open-pollinated
- Cherry
- 75 (estimated) days to maturity (from transplant)
- Indeterminate
- Red
Spoon
Spoon Tomato · Currant Tomato
Open-pollinated cherry from Unknown. Currant-type tomato with pea-sized fruit, grown as a curiosity and a garnish. Ready in about 75 days from transplant.
Single source · Updated Sep 9, 2026 · Values marked like this (estimated) are estimates.
At a glance
- Fruit type
- Cherry <1 oz (1–2 g) · Round (estimated)
- Leaf type
- Regular leaf
- Days to harvest
- 75 days (estimated) from transplant · Midseason
- Plant height
- 5–7 ft (150–210 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
- Moderate (estimated) 3/5
- Skin
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- Red
- Interior
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- Red
Plant size and habit
Tall · Indeterminate
5–7 ft (150–210 cm) (estimated) · Regular leaf
Spoon 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 5–7 ft (150–210 cm).
Flavor
“Currant-type tomato with pea-sized fruit, grown as a curiosity and a garnish.”
Growing calendar
75 (estimated) 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
No documented disease resistances — protect this variety with good airflow and crop rotation.
Uses & tags
- Snacking
- Fresh & salads
- Novelty color
- Kid friendly
- Rare collector
Origin
Spoon is a currant-type tomato, a selection of the wild species Solanum pimpinellifolium rather than the garden tomato, producing fruit the size of a peppercorn, under two grams, small enough that a mature cluster reads more like a berry sprig than a tomato truss. The plants sprawl widely, self-seed readily and cross-pollinate easily, so it should be kept away from anything grown for seed. It may be the same tomato sold as World's Smallest. It is grown as a curiosity and for garnish rather than as a crop.
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Questions
How do you grow a Spoon plant?
A Spoon plant grows 5–7 ft (150–210 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 Spoon take to mature?
Spoon is ready in about 75 days from transplant.
Does Spoon need staking?
Spoon 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 5–7 ft (150–210 cm).
Can Spoon be grown in a container?
Spoon is better suited to open ground or a greenhouse bed than a container.
Is Spoon resistant to disease?
No disease resistance is documented for Spoon.
