100% Certified Organic & Demeter Certified Bio-Dynamic Seed
Grown, harvested, dried and packed on Transition Farm
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Tomato 'Black Cherry'
Tomato 'Black Cherry'
Solanum lycopersicum
Rich, robust, deep, juicy flavour in 2-3cm dark fruit. Vigorous vine produces large trusses loaded with purple-brown 20gm fruits. One of our chef’s taste test winners.
- Early-Mid Season
- Indeterminant
- Good for greenhouse production
- 20g purple-brown round fruit
- Superb flavour
- Vigorous, highly productive plants
We grew ‘Black Cherry’ in the polytunnels and the field. In our opinion, the exquisite flavour of the fruit combined with ease of pruning to a single or double leader, high yield, disease resilience and vigour of the plant made them worthy of the realestate space in the polytunnel and always a welcome addition for our CSA and restaurant clientele. We tried two hybrid black cherries that could not beat ‘Black Cherry’. We also know many other North American market growers who always include ‘Black Cherry’ in their tunnels. Our stock seed has been selected for early production and disease resilience. Developed by the late Vince Sapp, husband of Linda Sapp, who owns Tomato Growers Supply in Florida, USA, from a natural cross first released in 2003. The exact parentage of Black Cherry has not been shared.
Certified Demeter Biodynamic and Certified Organic
SEED COUNT: 35 approx.
Germination: Lot#12733 98% Apr 2024
Seed Raising, Growing and Harvest Information
| Plant Type | Site | Spacing | Height | Sowing Depth |
Days to Germination |
Days to Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tender Annual |
Full Sun | 50cm apart in rows 60-70cm apart |
1-1.5m | 3-5mm | 5-10 days @ 21-27 degrees |
65-70 days |
TRANSPLANT (recommended) – Start transplants 5- 6 weeks before planting date. Sow seeds 6mm deep, 4 seeds/2.5cm. Lightly cover. Keep mix at 23-28°C. Pot up into 5cm or larger cells after first set of true leaves appear. For growing transplants, maintain temperature at around 22°C during the day and 18°C at night
Harden off plants by slightly reducing temperature to 15-18°C and reducing water for 2-3 days before transplanting.
NOTE - Don't start too early—leggy, root-bound, or flowering transplants can cause stunting and reduce early production. Avoid exposing unprotected plants to consecutive nightly temperatures below 7°C.
