'Chocolate Cherry' Tomato Plant
Who needs choccies, eh?
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Roots' Cotswolds Valley Nursery
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'Chocolate Cherry' Tomato Plant
- This gloriously dark cherry tomato is an improved version of Black Cherry with a firmer texture and better yields
- It narrowly missed out on an RHS Award of Garden Merit for being too big
- Like all black tomatoes, the flavour is insane when you cook them - seriously, next level
- Grow in a greenhouse or outdoors in a sunny, sheltered border, allotment, raised bed or pots
- Dark chocolate coloured small tomatoes which can typically produce 150-200 fruits per plant!
- Plant out after the last frosts have passed and harvest from July to September or beyond
- Premium tomato plants, grown on a family run farm in Lancashire and sent to you at the best possible time for planting
- Growing your own gives you healthy, fresh produce with a lower carbon plantprint than anything you can buy from a shop - and you're not going to find this in a shop, except Harrods maybe
- Easy to grow and care for - you should see your first crop within 8-10 weeks
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Will this grow in my garden?
Can I grow this in a pot?
Yes, the 'Chocolate Cherry' tomato is a cordon variety that needs a 30-centimetre pot and a tall cane for support.
How big does it get?
The 'Chocolate Cherry' tomato is a cordon variety that can reach a height of 200 centimetres and a spread of 50 centimetres.
How much sunlight does this need?
The 'Chocolate Cherry' tomato needs full sun.
What kind of soil does this plant prefer?
The 'Chocolate Cherry' tomato plant prefers a rich, well-drained, and fertile loamy soil.
How much watering does this plant need?
The 'Chocolate Cherry' tomato plant needs regular watering, requiring about 2.5 to 5 centimetres of water per week to maintain consistent soil moisture.
Will this plant need pruning?
Yes, the 'Chocolate Cherry' tomato is a cordon variety and needs its side shoots pinched out regularly.
How hardy is this plant?
The 'Chocolate Cherry' tomato is a tender plant with an RHS hardiness rating of H1c, requiring minimum temperatures of 5°C. It can be grown outdoors during the summer across most of the UK, but performs best when kept in a heated glasshouse, particularly in cooler regions.
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Meet Cameron
An experienced hand from seed to harvest
When it comes to veg plants, if Cameron doesn’t know about it? It ain’t worth knowing. They’re one of his horticultural passions and the quality of the produce he – well, produces – at the nursery is testament to that fact. Cameron pairs time-honoured horticultural traditions alongside the very best modern techniques in our fabulous, purpose-built nursery in Evesham. With a background that saw him place at the Grand Finals at the Young Horticultural Awards back in 2022, we’re proud to have someone that really knows his onions.
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