Johannisbeertomate / Red Currant

Season Overview

Description

Simply sweet! It really resembles a currant - not only in size and dainty arrangement of bright red berries. Also by its juicy and excellent sweet taste, deviating from the usual tomato flavor, it is more reminiscent of a berry. Wild tomato from the Andes is worth finding a place in the garden as a snack fruit. It bears very abundantly, grows luxuriantly and is particularly resistant to diseases, including the dreaded blight. The fruits ripen relatively early and the harvest period is very long. Red Currant rarely exceeds a height of 1.50 m, but takes up to a meter in width, as it grows very bushy.

Growing tips

Optimal germination temperature at a constant 18-22 °C. Germination time about 7-12 days. Red Currant is suitable for cultivation in the greenhouse, outdoors, but also in the tub on the balcony or terrace. As a wild tomato variety, it is also particularly resistant to blossom blight, late blight and other diseases, so it can be grown outdoors without rain protection. Pruning may not be necessary with this variety, but some producers recommend breaking off some side shoots. The plants need support from sticks or strings.

Details

Light requirement

Sunny

Water requirement

Wet

Soil

Medium (loamy)

Nutrient requirement

High

Seeding distance

60 cm

Row spacing

80 cm

Seeding depth

0.5-1 cm