Johannisbeertomate / Red Currant
Variety
Approved Data
created by Berrit at 31.01.2021
Seeds
Not Available
Propagating
Planting
Harvest
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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.
Non hybrid
Not frost resistant
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.
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
Asparagus
Basil
Bean (Broad bean / Faba bean / Field bean)
Bean (Dwarf bean)
Bean (Runner bean)
Broccoli
Brussels sprouts
Cabbage (Cabbage)
Cabbage (Savoy cabbage)
Carrots
Cauliflower
Celery (Celeriac / Celery root)
Celery (Celery)
Chili
Chives
Collard greens (Kale)
Collard greens (Tuscan kale / Dinosaur kale / Palm tree kale)
Common marigold
Cress
Garlic
Kohlrabi / German turnip / Turnip cabbage
Leeks
Lettuce (Lettuce)
Mint
Napa cabbage / Chinese cabbage
Onion
Onion (Spring onion)
Oregano
Pak Choi
Parsley
Pepper / Paprika
Radish
Radishes
Spinach (Summer)
Grey mold
Early blight of potato
Thrips
Aphids
Spider mites
White fly