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    Black Cherry Tomato.

    First year growing this variety so a simple question.

    How 'black' do these tomatoes get, mine are now a very deep purple and feel soft when I squeeze them, are they ready to eat?

    Colin
    Potty by name Potty by nature.

    By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


    We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

    Aesop 620BC-560BC

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    Never grown them Potty but, if it feels right, eat it! - or at the very least try it - then you'll know for the next one

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    • #3
      they eat ready well before they go really dark, so eat whenyou feel like they will split if left to get completely ripe.

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      • #4
        Thanks people tomorrow is a black cherry day.

        Colin
        Potty by name Potty by nature.

        By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


        We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

        Aesop 620BC-560BC

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        • #5
          You could make a Black Forest Gateaux With prawn cocktail to start - but I can't remember what the middle course would have been in the ?60s. Coq au vin perhaps?
          Edit, Steak and chips.........
          Last edited by veggiechicken; 26-08-2012, 08:28 PM.

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          • #6


            Mine look like this! Just go by how they feel! Thats your best bet of ripeness!
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            http://meandtwoveg.blogspot.com

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            • #7
              I prefer mine while they still look a bit green in with the dark colour.
              My fav salad tomato

              mine are a darker colour than yours Jelliebabe....................
              Last edited by Thelma Sanders; 26-08-2012, 08:30 PM.

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              • #8
                Thanks for the advice, I have plenty, so shall try one tomorrow and let you know.

                Colin
                Potty by name Potty by nature.

                By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


                We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

                Aesop 620BC-560BC

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                • #9
                  I'm growing those for the first time this year and like you I thought they would have to go black before I could eat them, but they felt sort of eatable so i tried one and they're ever so juicy and sweet.
                  Location....East Midlands.

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                  • #10
                    Tried one on its own today, not as sweet as Sungold but loads of tomato bite, certainly be growing this one again.


                    Colin
                    Potty by name Potty by nature.

                    By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


                    We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

                    Aesop 620BC-560BC

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                    • #11
                      My first year for these too, but they are still green. They're the ones that started off in the rubbish compost and I thought they wouldn't make it. Glad to hear they're tasty.
                      Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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                      • #12
                        Just ordered some of these seeds...never grown them before.
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                        Currently growing..

                        Peter Pepper,Moruga Scorpion,Habanero,Bhut Jolokia(yellow),Numex Twilight,Purple Jalapeno,Big Jim,Papri Paprika,Thai Hybrid,Esplendor,Sweet mini bell pepper and Patio fire chilli...

                        Also
                        Black tomato,Dragons Egg Cucumbers and Charentais Melon

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                        • #13
                          Like I posted earlier in the thread they do taste nice and sweet plus they seemed to keep fairly well, we finished the last ones off on Christmas day.
                          Location....East Midlands.

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                          • #14
                            I grew these last year for the first time, under cover.

                            Very impressed, one of the best flavoured cherries I've had to date, and the plant was quite tolerant when my watering became a bit irregular for a couple of weeks. Only extremes of dry and wet caused any splitting. Like earlier posts have stated, its black in name only, ripe fruits are a deep maroon / brown colour.

                            Highly recommended! I'm growing it again this year.

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                            • #15
                              I don't like them....much......the colour is wrong! IMHO. They taste fine but they don't feel right!

                              I won't be growing them again........for now.

                              Loving my allotment!

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