Cherokee Purple... Amazing tomato

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Originally Posted by luke

This plant was set out about two months after the rest of my plants. The heat and the lack of sun got to it. I'll fix that next year.

But to be honest, the one tomato was well worth it. I've only been growing heirlooms for two years, and have experimented with about 25 varieties. Next year I have a lot of seeds that won't see the light of day to make room for CP.

Luke you need to keep experimenting with the various black tomatoes because most of them seem to like our climate. You definitely need to try Indian Stripe, Spudakee, JD's Special C Tex, Gary O' Sena, Big Cheef, Dana's Dusky Rose, Black Krim along with Cherokee Purple. They are all similar in flavor and get better with the heat; but some years one will do much better than the others. I usually plant at least 50 different varieties but I keep narrowing it down and these varieties are taking more and more of my planting spots. The biggest drawback to them is sauce made from them will be a bit different in color than you are used to.