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Tasted my first black tomato

13 years ago

I finally understand what that "smokey"part of the description means. Had my first purple price today. Best tomato I've had so far.

Now I know what all the fuss is over. Can't wait for my black krim and black cherries!

Buying seeds for Cherokee purple to start for the fall.

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laura21774
13 years ago
Sounds awesome! I have Black Ethiopian, Black Krim, and Cherokee Purple going in my garden. I cant WAIT to get my first ripe one :)
catman529
13 years ago
Oh yeah, I haven't tried purple price but black krim and black cherry are both on my grow-again list this year (and well they're growing again of course). Can't wait for the fruit set.
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organicislandfarmer
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I gotta order some of them for the fall, I am planning on several red varieties so far.
cyrus_gardner
13 years ago
Enjoy the rewards of your effort, hard work and labor of love, Tracy.
I know how satisfying it can be. I picked my first cuke yesterday.tomes are stil green.
I have black krim and cherokee purple too.

cyrus
tracydr
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks, Cyrus!! They were ordered by "accident". Tomatofest had them advertised as Purple Prince. But, they are the healthiest, best producing of my plants so far so I'm happy. I've had issues with this new tomato garden area because we have flood irrigation and the poor little plants have stood in water for up to 48 hours, completely covered, about 5-6 times so far. I finally got the irrigation shut-off so I'm hoping some of the plants will recover. Starting some seeds this week for fall plant-out.
Do I need to plant early varieties for fall planting or does it matter? I haven't seemed to be able to get an answer to this so far.
tracydr
Original Author
13 years ago
A question related to blacks-does Cherokee Purple taste like a black tomato? I've been hearing everyone rave about CP. Just ordered some seeds to start for fall and included CP.
erlyberd
13 years ago
Is the Purple Price anything like Black Prince?

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