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Cherokee Purple Tomato


Cherokee Purple Tomato

A beautiful & very tasty tomato you'd never find at the market. The best tomatoes always come at the end of the season. It's just not fair!



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Ive just ordered my seed for next year. The past two years I’ve mostly grown bush vars as they tend to be earlier. But you dont get anything like the length of cropping time you get with cordons, so next year I’m only doing Cordons.

30 Oct, 2017

 

Quite a size is nt it better tasty at the end than no taste at all like some varieties. It gets more tasty at the end so you dont forget the taste for next years buy lol.

30 Oct, 2017

 

lol It's a teaser, just a few at the end before the cold weather takes them away. Maybe I should start them earlier...or move to North Carolina!

I only grow cordons here Karen. We call them indeterminate. These tomatoes are so meaty and delicious, it's hard to describe, but goes very nicely with bacon & eggs in the morning, yum!

30 Oct, 2017

 

? Great idea to start them earlier.

30 Oct, 2017

 

Yes, note to self for next year.

30 Oct, 2017

 

Great I ll remind you if you forget ☺

30 Oct, 2017

 

Looking good ... I picked the last of mine 2nd November so not bad going

Gg

5 Nov, 2017

 

Not bad but more plants are going in the ground next year! What type did you grow?

5 Nov, 2017

 

Manx Marvel (heirloom)
Heinz I got free from Heinz tomato sauce company
Alicante (very reliable)
kellogs breakfast (new one huge fruit very little seed produced )
Santa but its difficult to get hold of the seeds now ?

so a good selection and I like to try a new one each year

Gg

5 Nov, 2017

 

Nice what did you think of tbe Manx Marvel? I plan to grow them next year? I heard good things about Kellogs.

5 Nov, 2017

 

I like the Manx Marvel .. its hard to describe a taste or texture but worth growing I gave some seeds to Amy and she really liked them Manx Marvel does well outside if you havnt a greenhouse..

I am sure the Kellogs is a american variety.

Gg

5 Nov, 2017

 

Oh interesting im looking forward to tasting them thank you.

5 Nov, 2017

 

That's a beautiful heirloom tomato!

Tomatoes are grown here in San Diego County in winter and in the Imperial Valley. I think we supply the country with winter tomatoes like Florida.

6 Nov, 2017

 

Wow i envy you. My growing season is too short. Just when my plants begin producing flawless tomatoes, the season is over.

6 Nov, 2017

 

That's terrible your season is so short. :>((

I have some cherry tomatoes in my back yard which will most likely produce tomatoes for a couple of years until it's taken out.

8 Nov, 2017

 

I love those with bacon & eggs. Saute a bunch in leftover bacon grease for a couple minutes - a little salt & pepper - yum so good!

8 Nov, 2017

 

It's funny, I only like tomatoes on hamburgers or cooked.

10 Nov, 2017

 

The cherry ones are so good but we are getting a hard freeze tonight so bye bye tomatoes, for me.... :(

10 Nov, 2017

 

So sorry to hear you're getting a hard freeze tonight. :>((
Can you cover it up until morning?

10 Nov, 2017

 

Well I could try, but it's only fighting the inevitable. The sun is getting weaker and nature always wins.

10 Nov, 2017

 

I heard you had some extremely cold weather there. It's too bad the cold weather came so early. :>((

It's been absolutely perfect here, high in the the mid-70's to low 80's.

15 Nov, 2017

 

Yes my gardening is done for now. I dont mind a hiatus but im already thinking about next year. Enjoy the nice weather!

15 Nov, 2017

 

:)

15 Nov, 2017

 

My garden is just getting started. lol! Actually, some plants will be going into semi-dormancy by Christmas. Some plants are just getting going with flowers, like Odontonema callistachyum, Eranthemum pulchellum, and Barleria oenotheroides.

It was a nice 82ºF here today. It's perfect weather!

16 Nov, 2017

 

I think I'm getting snow tonight - or something cold! My furnace just kicked on!

16 Nov, 2017

 

OMG! Snow, already? I can't imagine snow this time of year...or anytime of the year. Of course, it doesn't snow here.

It's forecasted to be in the mid-90's here (where I live) on Thanksgiving Day. This is really warm for Thanksgiving. I do remember upper 80's a few years back on Thanksgiving Day, though.

19 Nov, 2017



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