Evil Olive - Solanum lycopersicum

Evil Olive / Solanum lycopersicum

Special features and/or general description of the variety:

The plants grow vigorously and indeterminately and are suitable for growing outdoors or in greenhouses. The panicles are huge, the fruits are ochre-green to terracotta-colored, orange to light red inside. Aromatic taste with a balanced sugar-acid ratio.

Sowing:
from mid-March to early April

Sowing instructions:
for germination in a sunny place at approx. 20 C, then place in a slightly cooler place and prick out when the first 2 leaves have formed (approx. 14 days).

If thetemperature is above 10C , the young plants can also be taken outside during the day, but initially only in the shade so that they can slowly get used to the light conditions.
However, the light conditions outside are much better for the plants than indoors, making them very stable.


Location:
sunny


Soil:
well-drained, add some compost if planting after the Ice Saints.


Cultivation (e.g. spacing):
approx. 50 cm

Life cycle:
1 year

Flowering time:
July-October

 

Harvest:
from August

 

Seed harvest:
from ripe fruits

Translated with DeepL 12. February 2026