Husky Cherry Red tomato

duajones · March 24, 2021

Been a few years since I've grown any veggies due to my health but I've got a lone husky cherry red tomato plant that I picked up at Walmart a while back. I walked by it and it just called my name so I'm growing it ina container.
It appears to be very healthy at this time, has probably a dozen tomatoes on it and it's flowering pretty heavy.
It's basically a baby step considering what I used to grow in ground.
From a little bit that I've read it is described as being regular leaf.
Leaves on this are what I would call rugose and very similar to the foliage on some of the dwarf plants that I grew in the past. Just wondering what kind of experience you guys have had with it and I know that I could do some searching to get my answers but I haven't posted in a while, so here it is.
Hope everyone is doing well with their tomato crop so far this year

Wi-sunflower · March 25, 2021

Yes it is a dwarf with the usual rugose leaves. I've been growing it out for several years. It should do OK in at least a 3 gal container but will do better in a 5 gal. Put a small cage around it to keep it centered above the pot as most of these 3 ft tall dwarves will fall over when bigger and have fruit on them. Especially if they get dry as they will in a pot.

Carol

duajones · March 25, 2021

Thank you for responding.

Wi-sunflower · March 26, 2021

Looks good.

Carol

slugworth · March 27, 2021

Planted in the ground they survived a direct hit from a hurricane last year.
They produced til frost and were about 2 feet tall.I let them sprawl.
Other plants were killed off by the salt spray.
I always plant them in the ground.

Greatgardens · April 6, 2021

I've grown Husky Cherry Red many times. I plan to grow it this year in a 10 gal. grow bag. It has done very good for me in the ground. Has not tasted as good using an EarthBox. This will be the first time in a grow bag. These can get 4ft+ under good conditions.

MadCow333 · April 8, 2021

I grew some in 5 gallon buckets one year. Every strong wind tipped them over. The aren't very tall, but they made a good sail, lol. Just be aware of that possibility. Parts of the plants sometimes broke off, but they grew new shoots over the course of the summer.

Wi-sunflower · April 12, 2021

I had some in 3 gal pots 1 year and had the same issue of them falling over almost every day even tho I had drip on a timer to keep them wet. I finally took a piece of rebar and drove it down the inside edge of the pot and into the ground to keep it upright.

Carol

March 24, 2021	#1
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Husky Cherry Red tomato Been a few years since I've grown any veggies due to my health but I've got a lone husky cherry red tomato plant that I picked up at Walmart a while back. I walked by it and it just called my name so I'm growing it ina container. It appears to be very healthy at this time, has probably a dozen tomatoes on it and it's flowering pretty heavy. It's basically a baby step considering what I used to grow in ground. From a little bit that I've read it is described as being regular leaf. Leaves on this are what I would call rugose and very similar to the foliage on some of the dwarf plants that I grew in the past. Just wondering what kind of experience you guys have had with it and I know that I could do some searching to get my answers but I haven't posted in a while, so here it is. Hope everyone is doing well with their tomato crop so far this year __________________ Duane Jones

March 25, 2021	#2
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	Yes it is a dwarf with the usual rugose leaves. I've been growing it out for several years. It should do OK in at least a 3 gal container but will do better in a 5 gal. Put a small cage around it to keep it centered above the pot as most of these 3 ft tall dwarves will fall over when bigger and have fruit on them. Especially if they get dry as they will in a pot. Carol

March 26, 2021	#4
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	Looks good. Carol

March 27, 2021	#5
slugworth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: connecticut,usa Posts: 1,152	Planted in the ground they survived a direct hit from a hurricane last year. They produced til frost and were about 2 feet tall.I let them sprawl. Other plants were killed off by the salt spray. I always plant them in the ground.

April 6, 2021	#6
Greatgardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,124	I've grown Husky Cherry Red many times. I plan to grow it this year in a 10 gal. grow bag. It has done very good for me in the ground. Has not tasted as good using an EarthBox. This will be the first time in a grow bag. These can get 4ft+ under good conditions.

April 8, 2021	#7
MadCow333 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: NW PA 6A Posts: 159	I grew some in 5 gallon buckets one year. Every strong wind tipped them over. The aren't very tall, but they made a good sail, lol. Just be aware of that possibility. Parts of the plants sometimes broke off, but they grew new shoots over the course of the summer.

April 12, 2021	#8
Wi-sunflower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 2,591	I had some in 3 gal pots 1 year and had the same issue of them falling over almost every day even tho I had drip on a timer to keep them wet. I finally took a piece of rebar and drove it down the inside edge of the pot and into the ground to keep it upright. Carol