Chocolate Cherry Heirloom Tomato Seeds

Pick a little bowl of rich, sweet-tangy flavor right from your garden. Chocolate Cherry produces round, bite-sized tomatoes with deep wine-red skin and chocolate-brown shading, bringing a darker color and full tomato flavor to snacks, salads, and summer pasta. These are the tomatoes you may find yourself eating before they reach the kitchen.

Why Grow Chocolate Cherry?

• Rich, complex flavor: A sweet, fruity balance with a lively tang, delicious fresh from the vine.
• Chocolate-shaded color: Deep red to burgundy-brown cherries add contrast to mixed tomato bowls.
• Bite-sized fruit: Smooth, round tomatoes approximately 1 inch across, with natural variation.
• Clustered harvests: Fruit grows in trusses; pick individual ripe tomatoes or harvest a whole truss when its fruit is ready.
• Versatile in the kitchen: Enjoy fresh snacks, salads, roasted tomatoes, or a colorful pasta topping.
• Open-pollinated heirloom: Supported indeterminate vines can keep growing and fruiting while conditions remain favorable.

Planting and Growing

Start indoors 6–8 weeks before your intended transplant date. Sow approximately ¼ inch deep in seed-starting mix, provide warmth and strong light, and harden off gradually. Transplant outdoors after frost danger has passed and soil has warmed. Choose full sun and fertile, well-drained soil.

Install a sturdy cage, stakes, or a trellis early. Water consistently at soil level and mulch to conserve moisture. Maintain airflow while retaining healthy foliage to shade fruit. Although suppliers report crack tolerance, fruit can still split after uneven watering or wet weather.

For square foot gardening, use 1 plant per sq ft (trellis required) with dedicated vertical training and regular pruning. Allow additional space for caged or multi-stemmed plants.

Harvest Details

Maturity: Approximately 70–75 days from transplant; conditions affect timing.
Fruit: Round cherries about 1 inch across, deep red to wine-red with chocolate-brown shading.
Growth habit: Indeterminate; sturdy support required.
Botanical name: Solanum lycopersicum.
Life cycle: Frost-tender warm-season annual.
Packet options: Approximately 25 or 50 seeds.

Harvest when fruit develops its mature red-brown color and yields slightly to gentle pressure. Tomatoes within a cluster may ripen at different times, so check each fruit before picking the entire truss.

Packed and shipped by Box Garden Seeds LLC — heirloom seeds grown without GMOs, selected for your garden.