Tomato 'Ananas Noire'

Plant in a location that enjoys full sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Ananas Noire is thought of as tender, so it is imperative to wait until temperatures are mild before planting out of doors. Ensure your soil is loamy and has a ph of between 5.0 and 6.0 as Tomato is a moderately acidic soil to weakly acidic soil loving plant.

Start seeds indoors six weeks before last frost date.

Ensure a 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). Soil temperature should be kept higher than 12°C / 54°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Ananas Noire about 42 days before your last frost date.

Plant to the first set of true leaves to promote strong root growth.

Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Ananas Noire is a tender plant.

This variety tends to be ready for harvesting by mid summer.

The name means Black Pineapple in French, found in a patch of ’Pineapple" tomatoes by Pascal Moreau, a Belgian horticulturist.

Developed by Pascal Moreau in 2005, after it was grown out of a packet of Tomato ‘Pineapple’ seeds. P.Moreau happened to have Black Sea Man growing in his garden near his Pineapple plants in the previous year, so that is very likely the source of the black colour in this variety.
A few growers report that this variety might not quite be stable yet. However, equal numbers of other reliable growers report that this variety is indeed stable, unless someone is using improperly saved (accidentally crossed) seed stock.

Ananas noir

Black pineapple