Cherokee Lime Stripes

Season Overview

Description

Cherokee Lime Stripes' produces medium-sized, greenish-yellow fruits that are covered with orange-red stripes. The plants have normal foliage and grow to a height of around 2 meters. It takes around 65 days from fertilization to harvest maturity. The fruits are usually 6 to 10 cm in size and weigh up to 300 g. The tomatoes are flat-round, slightly ribbed and have several fruit chambers. The juicy flesh is marbled orange-red. It is surrounded by a soft but relatively burst-resistant skin. The fruits have an excellent, fruity sweet taste and a pleasant acidity.

Growing tips

Tomatoes require a lot of light, warmth, water and nutrients. They are grown from seed on the windowsill from March. The seedlings should be planted deep, up to the first leaf base, so that the root system is enlarged by additional lateral roots. Unlike most other crops, tomatoes should always be planted in the same place. The plants also need wooden/corrugated wire rods or a trellis to which you regularly tie them. This is the only way they can support the weight of the fruit. You should regularly break out the side shoots that form in the leaf axils. This is because they do not bear fruit and take away the plant's energy to concentrate on producing lots of fruit. Under-sowing with low-growing plants is a good option.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Very humid

Soil

Light (sandy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

50 cm

Row spacing

100 cm

Seeding depth

1 cm