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.

Planted about 20 seeds all of them sprouted. I ended up keeping only a few and gave them to coworkers.

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.

Early review in that I started seeds doors and everything sprouted. I’m in CO so short growing season so we’ll see how they fruit! Looking forward to it.