They made a good sauce, but I had to cut off half the fruits. I did pick tomatoes off these all year starting mid-July, but many were split. They are incredibly floppy and firmly resisted the bamboo stakes’ efforts to hold them up. I provided bamboo stakes for support, but this was a mistake. Some, I think aren’t going to make it, but some began recovering shortly thereafter. Date Transplanted 5/13 They looked pretty pathetic for about a week. This is the weakest-looking of the plants planted on the same date. Transplanted into 1 gallon pot, returned to light tent for a week, then placed in South window. Germination rate: 80% Date Repotted: 2/22. Date Planted: 1/24/19 in 1-inch peat pots in a tray with a humidity cover in the light tent. We will try these again next year, but we certainly aren’t going to start them so early. Ultimately, I found them to be seedy, meaty and not very juicy with a mild tomato flavor. Later in the season the flavor began to improve. The tomatoes themselves are small, but not quite cherry small. The tomatoes had begun forming inside the house and finished ripening outside, so we gave them the benefit of the doubt and tried again later. The flesh was almost crunchy and the flavor a bit sour. Our first taste of the Black Vernissage tomatoes was not very exciting. They immediately started looking stressed, with shriveled leaves with brown edges and did not recover quickly. I planted them along a fence line for support. They did not like being transplanted despite spending over a week hardening them off. We transplanted earlier than we liked because the tomatoes were just getting too big in their pots. Largest and sturdiest-looking of the varieties planted on the same date. Germination rate: 100% Date Repotted: 2/22/19 Transplanted to 1 gallon pot, returned to light tent for a week, then put it in the window. Date Planted: 1/24/19 in 1-inch peat pots in a tray with a cover in the light tent. I planted them in our light tent in January to give me something to do while I wiled away the winter. I decided to plant some Red Cherry tomato seeds I got a few years ago in one of those survival canisters of vegetable seeds and some Black Vernissage and Black Russian seeds I got as a free gift when I ordered from Baker Creek last year, so they are included in the review. We also planted and kept records on some seeds we did not choose. If we are to be serious about growing our own food efficiently and sustainably, we must make a conscious effort to choose varieties that meet our needs best and begin a serious program of seed saving.īecause we are interested in seed-saving, we chose open-pollinated varieties for our garden. We are also keeping much more detailed records. How to Growįor more information about how to grow the Vernissage Black Cherry Tomato follow the link - How to Grow Tomatoes.This year, we planted new varieties of tomatoes with more intention than in previous years when we simply chose what was available that suited our purpose. All indeterminate varieties could be staked or supported to avoid fruits laying on the ground. If not pruned at all the plant might tend to put energy into growing large instead of producing tomatoes on the main stem and the selected suckers. 1-3 suckers could be spared along the main stem and the rest could be pruned. The sucker doesn't have to be pruned, but if not the plant will grow extremely large. They will keep flowering and setting fruit. Indeterminate tomato varieties will keep on growing the whole summer until the autumn frost. This is an indeterminate, vining variety of tomato growing to about 200cm in height and spreads some width-wise depending on how much of the suckers are pruned and the choice of staking and support. Black-brown-red-striped fruits with a full, pleasant tomato flavor. Vernissage Black produces round, large cherry tomatoes.
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