Tomatoes - Cherokee Purple

Tomatoes - Cherokee Purple are cherished for their complex, sweet, and slightly smoky taste that has won the hearts of tomato lovers around the world. With their attractive purple-hued skin and juicy interior, these heirloom tomatoes are perfect for salads, sandwiches, and sauces. Growers appreciate their reliability and the abundant yield they provide throughout the growing season.

Sun: Full sun.

Temperature: Warm location.

Soil: Moist but well-drained, compost-rich. 

Recommendation: Use mulch to keep moisture, water regularly and evenly at the base not getting the leaves wet. make sure there is good airflow. Remove bottom leaves so they do not touch the soil to prevent diseases and to improve airflow.

Indeterminate varieties need staking, trellis, or string for support they will keep growing all season and keep producing more flowers and fruits until the plant dies. To stop it from growing taller snip the main stem. Need regular pruning, remove all lower leaves until the first set of flowers, and remove suckers (I remove all suckers up to 5 ft and from there 2 out of every 3 suckers). suckers can be put in water for a week to develop roots and then plant in your yard to get additional tomato plants (note those plants may produce less than the original plant but they will produce)

Fertilizer: Balanced fertilizer Nitrogen rich fertilizer starting 3 weeks after transplant. When flowers start, reduce the amount of nitrogen and increase phosphorous and potassium in the fertilizer, also sprinkle Epsom salt at the base of the plant. If your soil lacks calcium add some calcium as well at the same time.
Spacing: 24 inches apart. Indeterminate varieties grow better in the ground but will also grow well in containers of 7 gallons or higher. If growing in containers add calcium and Epsom salt when transplanting and when flowers start. Also, containers may dry faster and may need watering twice a day.