A novelty, dwarf plant variety that produces small, sweet cherry tomatoes that are bright red when ripe.
Quick Facts
How can you Purchase?: Fruiting Seed Bundle or Fruiting Supplies Box
Days to Transplant: 10-16 Days
Days to Harvest: 50-55 Days
Target Nutrient Level (TDS): Weeks 1-6 (base number + 900) & Weeks 6+ (base number + 1200)
Nutrient Type: Fruiting Nutrient
Target pH Level: 5.5-6.0
Light: 18 hours of light per day
Temperature: 68-80°F
Planting Pattern: 1 per Panel
Harvesting Method: Continuous upon ripening
Dowels Recommended?: Yes
Plant Size: Height: 12-18" & Spread: 12-18"
Plant Guide
🌱 Planting Seeds & Transplanting
Follow our Planting Seeds and Transplanting Guide for general best practices. These tomato seeds will typically take 2-4 days to sprout and 10+ days till they are ready to transplant. When transplanting, plant one tomato plant in the top planting space of each panel. This is the optimal pattern for growing the most tomatoes.
🌿 Maintenance, Pruning, & Trellising
Follow our Maintenance Guide for general best practices. You will maintain a target nutrient level of (base number + 900) for these tomatoes until week 6. After week 6, increase the target nutrient level to (base number + 1200) to help support the plants' nutritional needs for fruit production.
You can use fruiting plant nutrients with your leafy greens (i.e., lettuce). However, you should monitor for tip burn and yellowing of the leaves due to the nutrient levels for fruiting plants being much higher than what leafy greens need.
During the vegetative growth, when the tomato plants are bulking up with leaves and branches, you may need to prune and remove any yellowing, brown, moldy, or dead leaves. You can usually find these at the base of the stem, by the rockwool, or along the stem itself. Removing these will redirect sugars the plant needs for growth and increase better airflow for the vining stem.
As your tomato plants grow larger, they will need support around weeks 6-8, right before fruit production. Place one of your food-grade dowels in the small hole under your tomato plant. The tomato plant will lean on the dowel for support as it fills in and starts to flower. When the fruits start to come in, the plant will become much heavier, so support from the dowels is necessary.
After a plant has been in the Flex Farm for more than 8 weeks, check the roots in the tank and cut back any obstructing the pump or drainage valve. When cutting back the roots, follow the rule of never cutting back more than 1/3rd of the roots at a time, as this will stress the plant.
🍅 Flowers, Fruiting, & Harvesting:
Follow our Harvesting Guide for general best practices. Most varieties of tomatoes self-pollinate, meaning they have both male and female reproductive parts on their flowers that can fertilize their eggs themselves. You will not need to pollinate your tomato plants! There will be many small, yellow flowers per vine at a time.
This variety of mini tomato plants takes about 50-55 days to mature and produce ripe fruits. The number of days can vary depending on your growing environment.
Allow the tomato fruits to ripe to a full, bright red for the best flavor. Yellow and orange fruits are not quite ripe enough to harvest or consume. Any fruits harvested early do not continue to ripen, so it is important to pick when fully ripe.
To harvest, either use your fingers to pinch or a pair of clean scissors to cut the peduncle (stalk) to which the fruit is attached. Another method of harvesting is to gently twist the tomato to pop the fruit off the plant. Ideally, this will leave the calyx (leaf at the top) and some of the peduncle (stalk) attached, helping to preserve the tomato's freshness and flavor.
It is important to avoid pulling on the tomatoes when harvesting. This can damage the fruit or the plant, which may result in a lower-quality harvest. Instead, always twist the tomato to remove it from the plant.
Harvesting fruits as they become ripe encourages the plant to continue producing flowers and fruits!
