Tomato Cherry Negro F1 is a very spectacular hybrid tomato, the fruits of which look like exotic dark berries. It has a sweet taste, juicy pulp, and in cooking it will be an excellent component of any dish, from salads and sandwiches to canning.
| Height | Landing location | Ripening time | Fruit color | Fruit size | Origin | Fruit shape |
| short | Greenhouse, Open ground | Early ripening | Bicolor | Small | Hybrid | Plum-shaped or oval |
Description and characteristics of the variety
In 2015, the hybrid was included in the State Register. There it is called "Cerrinegro".
Cherry Negro F1 tomato from Semko is an indeterminate bush that does not stop growing when the fruit begins to ripen and can reach two meters in height. The harvest ripens early - 85-95 days after seedlings appear. The brushes strewn with tomatoes contain 15-20 of them and look like grapes.
The fruits are small, 25-30 g each. Their dark shade varies from brownish-brown to dark cherry, thin green stripes are noticeable. The shape is elongated, ovoid. There are 2 seed chambers inside. The pulp is sweet and tasty, very juicy, and has a pronounced spicy aroma. The skin is smooth and durable.
The dark hue of the fruits is due to anthocyanins - substances that give eggplants their purple color. Anthocyanin is a natural antioxidant that prevents disease and slows down aging.
Early black tomatoes
Many gardeners love early-ripening varieties of tomatoes, as they have time to ripen and allow them to get good yields even in risky farming zones, while avoiding diseases (especially late blight). There are such varieties in the group of black tomatoes.
Black bunch F1
This tomato will truly surprise you with the color of its fruits - blue-black, and its unusual taste, more like a plum than a tomato. This is due to the fact that the selection used domestic tomatoes and tomatoes that grow wild in the regions of South America.
The hybrid belongs to the indeterminate type of tomatoes, grows up to 150-180 cm. It can be grown both in open ground (in the southern regions) and in a greenhouse, but pinching and staking are mandatory. The fruits are small, weighing up to 50-70 grams, similar in appearance to a cluster of black currants.
This hybrid not only has interesting fruits, but also leaves that do not have the pubescence characteristic of tomatoes.
The yield of Black Bunch is up to 6 kg per plant.
Important feature: the hybrid is resistant to most tomato diseases.
Congo F1
A very unusual hybrid is Congo F1, an early ripening hybrid.
Tomato of indeterminate type, vigorous. Belongs to a group of plants with miniature fruits - cherry. A long cluster usually ripens up to 12-14 fruits, each weighing approximately 25-30 grams.
The fruits are very sweet, tasty, beautiful chocolate color. Use fresh. This tomato is recommended for growing in protected soil.
Feature: the hybrid is resistant to most diseases, especially tomato mosaic. Fruits can be stored fresh for a long time (up to 3 months) without loss of taste.
Negro Pragna F1
Another early hybrid will delight you with beautiful purple tomatoes with a black tint. The ripening time from the beginning of emergence is 80-100 days.
This is a tall tomato for growing in greenhouses. In the southern regions (for example, in the Krasnodar Territory), where it is possible to grow it in open ground, it produces tastier and sweeter fruits.
Tomatoes are slightly elongated, elongated, similar to peppers, up to 6-10 cm long, weight – 130-150 grams.
Great for salads, can be used for canning and pickling.
Chocolate cream
If you like elongated tomatoes, the so-called “cream” tomatoes, then this variety will be a great choice!
Chocolate cream is an early variety (90-95 days), characterized by high disease resistance and good yield.
The variety is indeterminate, the plant is powerful and tall. It gives excellent results when grown in greenhouses, under film covers.
The cream fruits are a beautiful red-brown color, weighing approximately 40-50 grams. The cream is very good in salads, and the fruit can also be used for canning.
Varietal characteristics
Black cherry bushes are quite tall. The tomato stems resemble a grapevine, with dense bunches of tomatoes shaped like ripe cherries. The time from the appearance of the first shoots to the harvest ranges from 112 to 120 days. The tomato is resistant to cladosporiosis. The yield from one bush, subject to compliance with agrotechnical measures, can be more than 5 kg.
The attractiveness of the variety lies in the unusual appearance and high taste of tomatoes. The main disadvantage is the need for constant inspection of plants and bush formation, possible cracking of the tomato skin during ripening.
Cherry tomato has a peculiarity - on the bush the side stems are thicker than the main one. The greatest number of ovaries with fruits are on the side shoots. This variety is not a hybrid - having purchased seeds once, you can get them from your harvest for planting the next year.
Rules for planting and care
Each of the Cherry tomato varieties requires compliance with nuances when planting and caring. This should be taken into account when growing tomatoes in order to achieve the desired results. If you follow all the rules of agricultural technology, the yield will be at a high level.
Attention! It is important not only to properly care for it, but also to choose a place for planting, prepare seedlings, and plant them correctly. Only then does the hassle of fertilizing, watering and planting begin
Unlike many other tomatoes, Blossem is not picky about soil and climatic conditions. This makes caring for the plant much easier, but some nuances should still be taken into account.
Sowing seeds for seedlings
In order to grow tomato seedlings Blosem F1 with a strong root system, you need to use shallow containers, preferably seedling boxes. If the room temperature does not fall below + 20 °C, then after 7 days the first shoots will appear.
Sowing of seedlings is carried out in mid-March. You can use purchased soil or create your own from a mixture of peat, compost, wood ash and sand. All components are mixed with turf soil and distributed into planting boxes.
The seeds must be buried 1.5 cm and lightly sprinkled with soil and compacted. Then the seed care algorithm is as follows:
- Until the shoots appear, it is recommended to keep the seedling container under film in a warm room.
- After the emergence of seedlings, they should be hardened off at + 14 °C.
- Feed with fertilizers such as “Krepysh”.
- When three true leaves appear, it is imperative to pick.
Important! At least 35 days must pass before the seedlings are planted in the ground.
Transplanting seedlings
You can replant the seedlings when 7-8 leaves appear; when there is one flowering cluster, it is recommended to plant the seedlings in a permanent place. For a greenhouse this is the beginning of May, for open ground it is 2 weeks later.
There should be 3-4 bushes per 1 m2. The distance between tomato seedlings should be 30 cm, and between the rows - 50 cm. First, you should prepare a hole for planting. The depth of the hole is 30 cm. The removed soil should be mixed with compost and a tablespoon of ash. When planting, it is necessary to compact the seedlings and water them without fail. To preserve moisture, the root zone should be mulched. Straw is best suited as mulch for the Cherry Blossem F1 tomato.
Tomato care
After planting the seedlings, it is necessary to care for the Blosem F1 tomato. At first, seedlings require frequent watering 2-3 times a week. After it gets stronger, watering can be done less frequently - 2 times a week. The Blossem tomato tolerates drought, but does not like moisture on the leaves. Therefore, it is better to organize subroot drip irrigation.
Potassium, phosphorus, as well as organic and complex fertilizers should be used as fertilizing. Moreover, all fertilizers have a specific time for application. For example, when fruits are forming, it is better to add potassium and phosphorus. Before flowering begins, several feedings are required at once.
To retain moisture and nutrients, mulching is also successfully used for this variety. This can be done with straw, sawdust, peat. Tomato responds positively to loosening the soil. This way, more air gets to the root system and there is less chance of contracting a fungal infection.
The Blosem F1 variety is distinguished by thin and long shoots that tend to break. Therefore, immediately after planting the seedlings, they must be tied to a support.
Experts recommend forming a tomato of this variety into 3 stems. This must be done using pinching. Only 2 side shoots remain, the strongest. One, most often, right under the first flowering brush, the second - on the other side. The remaining side shoots should be removed. At the same time, this should be done not with tools, but with your hands. Just pinch, leaving a stump of 2-3 cm.
Tomato Blosem F1 is a disease-resistant variety, but preventive treatment and timely inspection for infection with fungal diseases will not hurt. When planting in a greenhouse, for prevention, you should ventilate the room in a timely manner, and also do not thicken the plantings. It is also necessary to remove weeds on time.
If we compare the growing conditions with many other Cherry varieties, we can state that Blosem F1 is easy to care for and accessible even to novice gardeners who have little knowledge of the peculiarities of growing tomatoes.
Advantages and disadvantages
Like any fruit, Cherry tomatoes have qualities that are beneficial to the human body and those that can be harmful.
Benefits of Cherry
Small tomatoes contain more useful substances than large tomato varieties. Cherries are rich in B vitamins, potassium, magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins C and E. They contain antioxidants and organic acids. The energy value of Cherry tomatoes is less than 15 kcal per 100 g.
Not suitable for everyone
Cherry tomatoes should be excluded from the diet or significantly limited for people with metabolic disorders, cholelithiasis, and those suffering from peptic ulcers (organic acids in tomatoes irritate the diseased mucous membrane). The variety is not suitable for allergy sufferers whose bodies react to red vegetables and fruits.
Summer Sun, or Summer Sun
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The winner of our vote was a productive variety with the beautiful name Summer Sun - this is how the original name Summer Sun is translated into Russian.
The variety is indeterminate (some producers offer Summer Sun as a hybrid), the bushes reach a height of 2 m. In this regard, they require regular staking. The plant produces many stepsons, which producers recommend plucking off to form a bush of 1-2 stems. You should not plant more than 3 bushes per 1 sq.m, because they will interfere with each other.
Small - 2.5-3 cm - amber-colored fruits seem to be visible through. Due to their high sugar content, they have a very sweet taste. Despite the fact that it is considered mid-season, it bears fruit in the greenhouse until mid-autumn.
