Tomato · Variety
Cherry Tomato
A small, fast-ripening tomato producing clusters of bite-sized fruit. More forgiving and prolific than large slicing tomatoes - a good pick for beginners and containers.
Values below are this variety’s effective growing requirements. Where the variety sets nothing, it inherits from Tomato. This variety overrides: Difficulty, Days to maturity min, Days to maturity max, Space needed.
At a glance
Water
Medium
40–56 fl oz/wk
Light
Full sun
6–8 hrs/day
Space
Small
24 in
To maturity
50–65 days
Edible parts: Fruit
Harvest
Harvest when fully coloured and slightly soft to the touch; fruit picked early will continue to ripen off the vine.
Growing conditions
- Temperature
- 55–85 °F
- Soil pH
- 6–6.8
- Soil type
- Well-draining, loamy, rich in organic matter
- Climate
- Warm-season annual; frost-tender and killed by any freeze.
- Growing season
- Set out transplants after the last spring frost once nights stay above 50°F.
- Nitrogen
- Medium (≈40–80 ppm)
- Humidity
- Medium (≈40–70 %)
- Planting unit
- Seedling
- Support
- Stake or cage for support.
- Pest resistance
- Moderate
- Pruning
- Remove suckers on indeterminate varieties to focus energy on fruit.