Matt S Wild Cherry Plant
From seed collected in the wild near hidalgo in eastern mexico.
Matt s wild cherry plant. Matt s wild cherry solanum lycopersicum. Tomato seeds germinate very slowly in. Plants bear loads of intensely sweet and flavorful small deep red cherry tomatoes. The stocky seedlings are grown and shipped in 1.
Strong vines are overwhelmed by an abundance of small cherry tomatoes hundreds of them. For a long season of tiny 5 8 to 3 4 red cherries with full definitely sweet flavor try matt s wild cherry it is so named because the seeds originally came from hidalgo in eastern mexico where the plants grow wild. 25 seeds planting solanum lycopersicum. Open pollinated heritage heirloom variety.
Solanum lycopersicum matt s wild cherry cordon vine tomato. For determinate varieties 12 18 for indeterminate 24 36. Days to maturity are from transplants. Wild is the operative word here.
They are also early and will continue to yield well up to the first frost. This product is available now. Laura merrick and dr. Start seeds 6 8 weeks before planting date.
Sow 1 4 deep in flats using a soilless mix not potting soil 5 6 weeks before plants can be transplanted out after frost danger. An early maturing variety about 60 days from transplant. 1 or more 2 50 gbp each. Matt s wild cherry was obtained in hidalgo mexico by teresa arellanos de mena a friend of agronomy professors dr.
Plants are vigorous disease resistant and sprawling. Matt s wild cherry is the hardest working cherry tomato we ve ever grown. Root bound leggy plants that have open flowers or fruit when planted out may remain stunted and produce poorly. After reading the rave reviews on this tiny tomato i started several from seed and ultimately planted 3 matt s wild cherry in a 4x4 raised bed along with 1 jelly bean grape tomato and 1 yellow pear tomato.
I grow all my tomatoes single stem so it ought to be interesting to see matt s wild cherry as a single stem. Supplied as a packet of approximately 15 seeds. Greenhouse tomatoes maintain 4 square ft plant. These cherry tomatoes range in size from 5 8 to 3 4 and are borne.
This makes sense as the tomato s wild ancestor is much smaller than modern beefsteak varieties. With high sugar content these blow modern hybrids out of the water. Indeterminate all of our tomatoes are grown from non gmo seed. Keep temperature of the starting mix at 75 90 f 24 32 c.
Suitable for protected and outdoor growing. Johnny s and other sources describe it as a small current sized tomato that readily reseeds. Vigorous and very prolific. With a long tall and sprawling growth habit this plant produces clusters of small deep red fruits that are round and smooth.