Indigo Rose - Solanum lycopersicum

Indigo Rose / Solanum lycopersicum

Special features and/or general description of the variety:

Cherry tomato from the USA, up to 180 cm high. Fruits are green at first, turning dark blue on the sunny side and later red on the underside.

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 placed 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:
June-October

 

Harvest:
from July

 

Seed harvest:
from ripe fruits

Translated with DeepL 17. February 2026