Olive tomato 'Negro de Yeste'

  • Product number: 291472
  • Origin: Southern Europe
  • Latin: Lycopersicon lycopersicum, or also L. esculentum

Wonderfully soft and sweet... that's the taste experience you get with this olive-shaped tomato. It has a dark red colour with a blue-black tip, and its size is somewhere between an olive and a small plum. The climbing plants grow to about 150 cm high and produce long trusses full of fruit weighing approximately 50 g. Yeste is a medieval town in south-eastern Spain, and this tomato probably originates from there...
If you often grow your tomatoes in the same place, for example in a greenhouse, diseases can develop in the soil. Rootstocks are resistant to these diseases, making grafting advisable:
For grafting tomatoes, use this variety: 291110 Tomato 'Landon'. As an aid, we recommend these grafting clips: 847520 Grafting clip 1.5 mm.

The smallest tomatoes in our assortment are called cherry tomatoes or ping-pong tomatoes, depending on their size. Some varieties are elongated or heart-shaped and are named accordingly. Some are even original, wild species. Most taste extra sweet; a few have a sweet and sour taste. Cherry tomatoes are closest to the original species, which is probably why they are generally more resistant to the feared potato blight.

Names:
Latin: Lycopersicon lycopersicum, or L. esculentum
Dutch: Olijftomaatje (Olive Tomato)
Also: Kerstomaatje (Cherry Tomato)
English: Olive Tomato

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Sowing method: Sow indoors from March to May. When seedlings are 5 cm high, transplant into pots. Place in a very bright spot and harden off outdoors from April when the weather is good. Do not plant out until the end of May. Tomato plants use a lot of water. For this tall or (in the greenhouse) climbing type, the side shoots (suckers) must be regularly removed. Planting distance 60-80 cm.

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Sowing/planting time:

  • March
  • April
  • May

Harvesting time:

  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October

Soil type:

  • All soil types

Cultivation location:

  • Indoors
  • Outdoors warm / sheltered

Position:

  • Sun
  • Flower colour: Small yellow flowers
  • Origin: Southern Europe
  • Average growth height: More than 120 cm
  • Annual or perennial: Annual
  • Attractive to insects: Various insects
  • Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
  • Ease of cultivation: Moderate
  • Latin: Lycopersicon lycopersicum, or also L. esculentum
  • Dutch: Olive tomato
  • Also known as: Cherry tomato
  • English: Olive Tomato
  • All year round

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