ErikInTheBakery's Tomato, Cherokee Purple x 1 Harvesting
Plant: Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) | Variety: Cherokee Purple
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ErikInTheBakery's Tomato, Cherokee Purple Care Instructions
Ensure a rough distance of 2.60 feet (80.0 cm) between seeds when sowing - look to sow at a depth of approximately 0.78 inches (2.0 cm) when sowing directly.
Ensure you have enough space in your garden for this plant - Tomato 'Cherokee Purple' is known for growing to a height of approximately 1.20 metres (that's 3.90 feet in imperial).
Your garden has full sun light which is ideal for Tomato 'Cherokee Purple'.
Remember to water moderately.
Your garden's USDA Hardiness Zone (8b) is within the ideal range for Tomato 'Cherokee Purple'. The recommended range is between Zone 3 and 14.
Tomato 'Cherokee Purple' tends to grow best in a soil ph of between 5.0 and 6.0 meaning it does best in acidic soil.
Common Tomato problems include Early Blight, Verticillium Wilt, Bacterial Canker, Bacterial Spot, and Bacterial Speck, so keep a close eye out for any developing symptoms.
More information about Tomato, Cherokee Purple is available in the Folia gardener's wiki. All Tomato, Cherokee Purple Care Instructions have been kindly provided by our members.
Harvest Tally
Milestones
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03 Sep 2011
Harvesting day 194 Some harvests, a continuing oddity, a...
[[Archived]]2.0 x item 1.42 lb
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22 Aug 2011
Harvesting day 182 Post 3-day weekend harvest
3.0 x item 1.9 lb
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05 Aug 2011
Pruning day 165 "Helped" most of the tomatoes
removed flowers
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28 Jul 2011
Growing day 157 Tomato Pictures
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09 Jul 2011
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04 Jul 2011
Fruiting day 133
This surprises me, as this was the stunted little guy and he seems to have beat out mosts of the others
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21 Jun 2011
Growing day 120 First Day of Summer 2011!!!
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14 Jun 2011
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09 May 2011
Transplanted day 77 Tomatoes out!!
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02 Apr 2011
Moved day 40 Moving day!
Mini-Greenhouse garden > Mini-greenhouse (outside) garden Only the least sickly one got moved out, also treated with cinnamon suspecting damping off
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27 Mar 2011
Under Attack day 34 Sick little tomatoes
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22 Mar 2011
Potting Up day 29 Potting up, sorta...
Probably the least happy of all of the tomatoes this year – not sure what’s up
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01 Mar 2011
Sprouting day 8
Had a false alarm with some other sprout that came up in my supposedly weed-free potting soil. This is the true sprout
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21 Feb 2011
Sown day 0
Comments
anelson wrote:
i ate some of these from a farmer’s market in California and they were amazing. I didn’t know this was a cold tolerant variety. I’ll be interested in knowing if you get a tasty harvest from them.
Posted on 25 Jul 11 (almost 2 years ago)
ErikInTheBakery wrote:
This is actually my third year growing them up here, they’ve done great!
Posted on 25 Jul 11 (almost 2 years ago)
anelson wrote:
great news! Gotta try them.
Posted on 27 Jul 11 (almost 2 years ago)
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