{"id":22967,"date":"2026-10-07T11:35:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/?post_type=product&#038;p=22967"},"modified":"2026-10-07T13:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T20:39:29","slug":"sugarbear","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/product\/sugarbear\/","title":{"rendered":"Sugarbear"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Grown, sold, and described by <a href=\"http:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/?p=38\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Bunny Hop Seeds<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Plant growth: dwarf, determinate <\/li>\n<li>Leaf type: rugose, regular leaf<\/li>\n<li>Time to maturity: early-midseason<\/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>\u201cSugarbear,\u201d a Bunny Hop Seeds original creation, is a balcony dwarf that MIGHT be able to be grown as a micro-dwarf. I am still undecided about the feasibility of it. I have grown her in a 1 gal nursery pot as a micro, and she did bear fruit while topping at about 14 to 16\u201d tall; however, the fruit size and productivity were quite limited compared to when grown in a large pot. And truly, 14 to 16\u201d tall is a bit big to fit on shelves with growlights unless the shelves and the lights are adjustable in height.<br \/>\nWhen grown in a large pot or growbag, Sugarbear reaches 2.5 to 3 ft tall and blooms so profusely that it almost looks like a multiflora. It is not a multiflora though, as neither parent plant was mfl. Sugarbear simply puts out lots of blooms for its size.<br \/>\nThe fruits are 2.3 to 3 ounces, and shaped like small oblate beefsteaks with scalloped tops. Later in the season as our daylight hours changed, the late fruit sets made rather heart-shaped fruits the same size as the oblates (and on the same plants\u2026that is normal for my latitude in the early spring to summer grow period).<br \/>\nThe epidermis is yellow, and the flesh is at first almost white. When fully ripened in the heat, the flesh is yellow with a little red blush at the blossom end. The texture is excellent, being plump and turgid, neither crunchy nor mealy, with plenty of juice. The flavor is sweet and balanced; however, in a heavy rain ripening period it can be milder (washed out after breaker).<br \/>\nIn case you are wondering about the name, \u201cSugarbear\u201d is a term of endearment that my lovely mama always called me.<br \/>\n<strong>NOTE: One packet per order please.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":22968,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[98,31,12,100,60,34,50,16],"product_tag":[118],"class_list":["post-22967","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-balcony-tomatoes","product_cat-beefsteak","product_cat-bunny-hop-seeds","product_cat-bunny-hop-seeds-original-creation","product_cat-developing-varieties","product_cat-heart-oxheart","product_cat-micro-dwarf-tomatoes","product_cat-yellowwhite","product_tag-new-for-2027","first","instock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/22967","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\/22968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=22967"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=22967"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heritageseedmarket.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=22967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}