{"id":16017,"date":"2022-12-17T17:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T01:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=16017"},"modified":"2026-03-27T02:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:46:39","slug":"kootenai","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/product\/kootenai\/","title":{"rendered":"Kootenai"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Grown, sold, and described by <a href=\"http:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/?p=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Bunny Hop Seeds<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plant growth: determinate, dwarf <\/li>\n<li>Leaf type: rugose, regular leaf<\/li>\n<li>Time to maturity: early <\/li>\n<li>Approx. number of seeds per pack: 15+<\/li>\n<li>Germination tested after Hot Water Seed Treatment for Fungal and Bacterial Diseases<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cKootenai\u201d is described as an extremely compact variety; however, the growth habit appeared dwarf to me. Kootenai was bred for cool weather growing in the 1960s by the University of Idaho. Red fruits are cocktail-sized. Now here\u2019s the interesting thing: this little determined tomato plant set fruit here in the west panhandle Florida in June. I could hardly believe it. The plant itself did not make it past the first week of August, but that is actually long-lived for a tomato plant in my climate. I found the flavor to be nicer than I expected from an early cool-weather variety. The fruits were juicy and tartish with a very clean taste. Kootenai is definitely worth adding to your pot-grown tomato varieties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16018,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[8,38,59,58,12],"product_tag":[112],"class_list":{"0":"post-16017","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-red-tomatoes","7":"product_cat-round","8":"product_cat-dwarf-varieties","9":"product_cat-compact-varieties","10":"product_cat-bunny-hop-seeds","11":"product_tag-new-for-2023","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"shipping-taxable","16":"purchasable","17":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/16017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=16017"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=16017"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=16017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}