Tomato, Rosita Brandywine Cherry (Organic)
Solanum lycopersicum. Pink Cherry. 60 days. Det.
Large round pink cherry tomato packed with the flavor of the eponymous sweet slicing tomato, but with none of the production problems of the famous heirloom. Rosita Brandywine Cherry tomato produces short determinate plants that are easy to grow and loaded with deliciously sweet and juicy bite-sized fruit. Collaboratively bred in California by Kanti Rawal and Steve Peters. Selected from a cross with its namesake heirloom, with the goal of becoming an ‘Heirloom of Tomorrow’. Disease resistant plants are small enough that they may not need to be trellised (but it wouldn’t hurt, either) and can be grown in containers.
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Sow indoors in flats with good potting soil as early as February, but no later than April. Keep warm and well-watered. Up pot seedlings into 4” pots once they have two true leaves. Transplant into the garden once danger of frost has passed.
Seed Saving
Collect seeds from ripe fruit by squeezing into a jar and add 25% more water. Wait a few days for mold to form. When seeds sink and gel-sac is gone, stir, add water, then decant and rinse to clean. Dry thoroughly. Tomatoes are mostly self-pollinating; isolation is not usually needed for seeds to be true to type.
Darcey Byrne (verified owner) –
Where did you grow this variety? Washington
Because I love Brandywine tomatoes I had to try these this year. Yes they are the right taste and what a cute little determinant plant.
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missamykatharine (verified owner) –
Where did you grow this variety? Oregon
I’m in Southern Oregon, with hot, dry summers. I thought this would be an interesting one to try. Though it is determinate, I’m not getting all the tomatoes at once. They all set, but seem to be ripening in waves, which is nice for a cherry tomato. Honestly, they’re not my favorite, but I gave away tons of tomato plants this year, and everyone else absolutely loves these! I’m also not a huge fresh tomato person, hard as I try, and I’d rather have the Tiffen Menonite. If you love fresh tomatoes to snack or put in salads, you’ll probably love these! They’re quite compact, but bear heavily and need support, so a small tomato cage would be perfect for them.
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Carmen (verified owner) –
Where did you grow this variety? Washington
These have been very interesting to grow. They did not handle the transplanting from seedling to my mid size pots very well and they took a lot longer to get them through outdoor hardening as well. Almost thought they were toast a couple times, but perseverance and babying got them through it and now I have very happy little bushes just starting to produce fruit. If I like the taste will definitely grow them again but be warned may not be a great first time tomato gardener variety.
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