Cherokee Purple Heirloom Tomato Seeds- 75+ Seeds by Ohio Heirloom Seeds

I bought these seeds last year, and had an excellent germination of almost all the seeds. I planted 50 into soil when they reached about 4"+. I was giving tomatoes away. They grow in stages and I kept them trimmed off the soil. I staked then as needed up to over 4' feet. They mostly grew as expected, but when multiple tomatoes grow close together on the same cluster, they can join together; so, I remove some to keep separated. They tasted amazing and make a great caprese salads.

They have a more rich flavor than most common modern tomatoes. Some people may not like the acidity, but we found them excellent. We planted them late like in mid June, they germinated quickly, we had seedlings in 4 days!! We ended up only using 4 plants, but we harvested fairly large tomatoes all the way into late October, and the plants seemed to increase productivity after a mild frost!!!! I actually made 4 quarts of tomato juice with the last harvest after eating tomatoes for more than 2 months.Definitely the BEST BLT tomato I've had. The seed chambers are small, there is lots of "meat" to this tomato.Definitely have our attention. These will be the only tomatoes in our garden next year!!!

I don't think I will grow Cherokee Purple tomatoes again because the plant itself is not that vigorous and has very few fruit sets. I don't think it is these seeds that have any problem but I think the I will plant varieties like Russian Black Krim because a huge difference in strength of the plant and production as well.

At this time the seeds had low germination. Waiting to see how well the plants do.

I tried to glow 10 of the seeds and got all 10 to germinate, but 3 died off once I transferred them all to soil. This may have been my fault though because they did germinate. I almost always use the paper towel zip lock bag method to at least get them to come from the seed. Then transfer to soil.They were indeed Cherokee Purple. However the harvest was small, and they aren't doing too well in my zone during mid June, which is zone 8b. I can't blame the seller for this, because it's an heirloom plant and they tend to be more disease prone, and don't tend to produce as much as hybrids.For some reason this season the bumble bees that normally visit didn't come. Most of my tomatoes did fine without me hand pollinating, but the Cherokee Purple didn't set a single fruit without me hand pollinating the flower. The back side of an electric toothbrush method worked well for the flowers I did pollinate.Basically, it was fun to grow such a weird looking and different tasting tomato, but I don't think I'll grow these in bulk anymore. Maybe 1 or 2 plants a year for something different. Cherokee Purple is too problematic for my zone, and it just doesn't produce the way I want. I can't fault the seller for this. My research showed that everything was as expected for this tomato type. So if you want to try something different, go for it. But if you're looking for a high producing disease resistant tomato, then do some research on good hybrids for your zone.

As mentioned, the package had the corner cut off and contained about half the seeds I paid for. In addition, having problems germinating the seeds as so far none have sprouted. Soaked in water for half a day and put in a wet napkin to germinate prior to planting.

Looks like there approximately 25 seeds. Not sure if some were lost during shipping. If they all germinate they'll be fine.

Great germination rates!