Tomato Cerise

2024-11-28T15:58:37+00:00

Price: 0.90

Lovely Cerise is a traditional Italian variety, exceptionally sweet and early to start fruiting. These wonderful cherry toms, bite size deliciousness, will turn to a deep red ready to eat about 60 days from transplanting. Best of all these are heavy croppers and all those sweet cherry toms will need supporting plus this can grow tall – happy outdoors, in a greenhouse or patio pots. Indeterminate

This variety is part of our naturally nurtured range, the seed comes from an organic source

SOW: about 6-8 weeks before your last frost is expected, seed depth 3-5mm in modules (can top off with vermiculite) then cover with a plastic bag or glass until germinated. When large enough to handle we transplant to pots, setting them deep, & grow on.

GROW: harden off & plant out when frost danger is over in a sunny sheltered part of your garden, grow bags or patio pot are ideal, or plant in a greenhouse. For the best flavour keep soil evenly damp (don’t over-water or overfeed). Cerise is indeterminate: blooms, sets fruit and ripens all at the same time throughout the season. Both tall & reliably heavy cropping you will need to support the plant & the developing trusses.

EAT & ENJOY: straight off the plant, add to salads or cook with these in pasta dishes (you may prefer to skin them first)

To skin toms or not is down to personal preference, some say that cherry toms never need skinning but here is how to do it – score them and dip into boiling water for 20-30 seconds, then transfer to ice water and the skin will start to peel away – finish peeling with a small knife. It is of course easier with larger tomatoes but Cerise is well worth the effort to creating a smooth, sweet and light pasta sauce.