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Brad's Atomic Grape Cherry Heirloom Black Tomato Vegetable Seeds
Solanum lycopersicum
Listing is for 1 packet of 20 seeds
This is another popular tomato bred by Wild Boar Farms. It is a favorite among heirloom tomato enthusiasts because of its unique flavor that encompasses several flavor profiles. They grow like an elongated large cherry tomato. The color changes from dark anthocycnin purple based with green to include red/orange streaks when fully ripe. The more ripe, the better the flavor. The interior is olive green with red streaking. The flavor encompasses a wide range of sweet, earthy, and acidic.
TOMATO CHARACTERISTICS
Indeterminate
Color: Primarily dark purple with green, but will have red/orange streaks when fully ripe
Flavor profile: sweet, earthy, and acidic
Average fruit size: large cherry tomato
Height/Fertilizing: height can vary as it depends on your growing conditions and care. I have a fertilizing regimen which definitely helps achieve this kind of growth but is not necessary. Adding small doses of an organic fertilizer every week has really helped me take my tomato growing to another level. Synthetic fertilizers can burn or damage plants if used too often. Therefore, I recommend organic fertilizers because they wont damage plants when used often. However, do what suits your garden and the products you like to use.
This is my current fertilizing regimen: I start by fertilizing weekly with 1/8 cup of Espoma Tomato tone sprinkled at the base of each plant. Once the plants start to bloom, I start alternating the weeks. One week with the Espoma Tomato Tone and then the next week with this recipe: mix 1 cup of Azomite dust and 1/4 cup of Fox Farms Tiger Bloom liquid into a 5 gallon bucket of water and pour some at the base of each plant.
PLANTING
Germination: 7-14 days. To speed up germination I recommend using a heat mat.
Seed Sowing Depth: 1/4” deep
Sowing: I highly recommend to start in pots in doors with a heat mat 6-8 weeks before your last frost date. If you gardening in Florida, we kind of have two opportunities to grow tomatoes per year. You can start them in doors around July 1st and transplant into the garden end of September for fall/winter harvest. Or you can start from seed in doors 6-8 weeks from your last frost date for spring harvest.
Days to maturity: 75 days from transplanting into the garden
Orders are shipped in 1-3 business days excluding holidays or delays due to natural disasters like hurricanes.
Seeds are shipped in bubble mailers so they will not be pushed through USPS roller machines which can damage the seeds. I will not ship seeds in an envelope for this reason.
Seeds will be shipped with no planting instructions to keep seed costs low to the buyer. Germination and plant care information is included in the description. I encourage each gardener to research specifics on how to be successful growing them. I also have lots of information on my TikTok, Instagram and YouTube channel all under the account name jerrasgarden. I started this shop to share my love of certain seed varieties and spread the knowledge of gardening. Please contact me if you can't find information or have additional questions.
Orders with live plants are packed on Mondays and Thursdays (excluding holidays or delays because of natural disasters. Plants are shipped in boxes with packaging material to protect them while they are in transit.
No returns or refunds once shipped. I am not responsible for lost or damaged packages caused by USPS. Since there are so many factors that affect germination and growing success, no refunds or exchanges are allowed once seeds have shipped. These are the same seeds I use in my personal garden so I can attest to their viability. Seeds are fresh season to season.
