{"product_id":"green-zebra-tomato","title":"Green Zebra Tomato","description":"\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"1041\" data-start=\"478\"\u003eA beautiful heirloom variety known for its striking, medium-sized fruits displaying vibrant green stripes over a golden-green background. Noted for its unusually sweet and tangy flavour, this tomato challenges expectations, proving green tomatoes can indeed be sweet! It is highly productive, yielding uniformly shaped fruits that resist cracking and ripen reliably off the vine. Green Zebra's semi-determinate growth habit makes it suitable for smaller gardens and container planting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\" data-end=\"1256\" data-start=\"1043\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1085\" data-start=\"1043\"\u003eWhere Can You Grow Green Zebra Tomato?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"1088\" data-start=\"1085\"\u003eGreen Zebra Tomato grows well in Zones 3-9, preferring full sun, fertile soil, and good drainage. 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