Wild tomato 'Hawaiian Red Currant'

Solanum pimpinellifolium

How to grow Wild tomato 'Hawaiian Red Currant'

  • Full Sun

  • High

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

Growing Hawaiian Red Currant from seed

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 24°C / 75°F to ensure good germination.

By our calculations, you should look at sowing Hawaiian Red Currant about 42 days before your last frost date.

Transplanting Hawaiian Red Currant

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

Harvesting Hawaiian Red Currant

Other Names for Wild tomato 'Hawaiian Red Currant'

Menehune, Tasty Treat

Footnotes

1 http://www.tomatofest.com/cherry-tomato-seeds-collection.html