TOMATO ‘Cherry Yellow Currant’
Botanical Name: Lycopersicon esculentum
Synonym: ‘Broad Ripple Yellow Currant’
An heirloom variety with small, round, bright yellow fruits with thin skins have a sweet-tart intense flavor. It is excellent used in salads and preserved. The vigorous, easy to grow plants are covered in clusters of 1cm round tomatoes. It is hardy and disease resistant and rarely attacked by fruit fly.
Plant Type: Warm season annual, frost tender
Plant Height: 1.5m; indeterminate type needs staking
Sow When:
- Temperate: Early spring – inside with extra heat; outside after frost danger has passed
- Subtropical: March – October in frost-free areas
Germination: 7 – 14 days
Depth: 6 mm deep
Position: Full sun
Sow Where: Into seedling pots; liquid feed once germinated
Soil Type: Fertile, well-drained, pH 5.8 – 7
Rows: 90 cm apart
Spacing: 45 – 60 cm between plants
Details: To transplant: remove seed leaves, plant deeper, up to the 1st set of true leaves; this increases rooting & speeds maturity, keep well-fertilized and evenly watered
Harvest: 75 days
