The project
A volunteer breeding effort, grown on two continents
Two growers, half a world apart
Craig LeHoullier in the USA and Patrina Nuske Small in Australia started the Dwarf Tomato Project. Volunteer growers joined them to breed full-flavoured tomatoes onto short, sturdy plants.
Heirlooms crossed with old dwarfs
They crossed 43 heirloom tomatoes with 6 old dwarf varieties: 55 crosses on record, the first in 2005.
161 dwarf varieties
149 of them released before the project closed at the end of 2023. Every one is an Open Source Seed Initiative variety.