- Category: grade
- Growth type: indeterminate
- Appointment: fresh consumption, for pickling and preserving
- Ripening period: early
- Ripening time, days: 100-110
- Growing conditions: for open ground, for closed ground
- Bush size: tall
- Bush height, cm: in greenhouses about 200, in o / g - 130-150
- Ripe fruit color: violet brown
- Fruit shape: rounded
Black Cherry Tomato is an indeterminate variety that is highly valued by amateur gardeners. Fruits of unusual color form large, spectacular brushes, but do not overload the bush. The tomato is perfect for canning or fresh consumption.
Description of the variety
Bushes are tall. In the open field, they grow up to 130-150 cm. In greenhouses, they can stretch up to 2 m. The inflorescences are complex, they are laid above 8-9 leaves. The shoots on the bush are a bit like a vine. The foliage is moderate, without pubescence; the surface of the plates is slightly wrinkled.
The main qualities of the fruit
The tomatoes are round, cherry-sized. The skin is thin, colored violet-brown. The mass of each tomato is 25-40 g. The brushes contain 25-40 fruits at a time.
Taste characteristics
The fruits are well suited for fresh consumption or canning. They are sweet, dessert, with a bright aroma. Light fruity notes can be traced in the taste.
Ripening and fruiting
This is an early tomato variety. Fruits ripen in 100-110 days from the moment of planting. The fruiting period is long, stretching from June to August, and can last until the very frost.
Yield
Collection volumes reach 5 kg per bush. These cherry tomatoes are considered fruitful.
The timing of planting seedlings and planting in the ground
The beginning of sowing seeds falls on the first half of March. They go to the greenhouse or open ground from mid-May to June 5.
Growing tomato seedlings is an extremely important process, because it largely depends on whether the gardener can harvest at all. All aspects must be taken into account, from seedbed preparation to planting in the ground.
Landing scheme
Plants are placed at a distance of 60 × 50 cm. There should be up to 3 tomato bushes per 1 m2.
Growing and caring
The tomato bush is formed into 1-2 stems. The brushes are fragile and break easily. They need support and tying throughout the growing season. The stepchildren on the shoots are regularly cut off, preserving the strength of the plant to gain juiciness with the fruits. Brushes are also normalized, no more than 3 pieces are left per stem.
Tall bushes are planted in sunny, well-lit areas. The soil should be fertile, but not overfed. Shown moderate moisture, periodic loosening of the surface.
Seedlings are prepared at a temperature not lower than +20 degrees. It dives at the stage of appearance of 4-6 leaves. At the same time, root pruning is performed to stimulate branching and expansion. You can also sow tomatoes into peat tablets right away. In this case, they will not need a dive.
The seedlings are transferred to the ground from the moment the spring frosts end. Pre-hardening of plants will be useful. Watering is stopped 1 day before planting. Tomato bushes are placed in soil enriched with organic fertilizers.
A plant needs different micronutrients at each stage of growth. All fertilizers can be divided into two groups: mineral and organic. Folk remedies are often used: iodine, yeast, bird droppings, eggshells.
It is important to observe the rate and period of feeding. This also applies to folk remedies and organic fertilizers.
Disease and pest resistance
The tomato is not too susceptible to fungal infections. It is highly resistant to cladosporium disease. It is affected by late blight. Tomato bushes should be periodically subjected to prophylactic treatment with drugs such as "Fitosporin". And it will also be useful to periodically spray the shoots with Bordeaux liquid.
Measures should also be taken against the top rot of the fruit. Prevention begins during the planting period. Calcium nitrate and wood ash are placed in the holes. If signs of foliage curling or other external changes appear, the balance of minerals should be replenished. Insecticidal treatment of planted plants is carried out 2-3 times during the entire warm growing season; the chemical preparation "Fufanon" or its analogs will do.
Review overview
According to summer residents, Black Cherry tomatoes have taken an important place in the collections of amateur vegetable growers. The unique chocolate red color makes them a real table decoration. The variety is very much praised for its sweet taste, pleasant for children and adults, the same size of tomatoes, the correct spherical shape are also considered the advantages of these tomatoes. Black Cherry tomatoes are especially beautiful in canning.
Among other advantages of the variety, the excellent germination of seed material is distinguished. Plants give shoots together, they successfully pass all stages of cultivation. Many summer residents even plant tomatoes on the balcony, in pots, flowerpots or containers. A small disadvantage of this variety can be considered the exactingness of adherence to agricultural technology.Tomatoes need watering and feeding, a garter, preventive treatment against pests.
