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Tomato 'Black Beauty'
Tomato 'Black Beauty'
Solanum lycopersicum
Incredible dark, meaty, richly savory flavoured tomato with an earthy bottom note. ‘Black Beauty’ is the darkest skinned tomato we grow, almost completely black until ripe when it appears to have a brick red blush. ‘Black Beauty’ won our 2019 chef tomato taste test trials with one chef declaring, “Simply the best tomato I have ever tasted and the most attractive! Stunning!!”
-Mid-season
-Unique black/brick red skin – Darkest tomato we grow
-Incredibly rich, savory flavour with an earthy bottom note
-Great fruit set in cool spring conditions
-Disease resilience into autumn
-Indeterminant
-A garden stunner!!
In addition to flavour and looks, this is also one of the winners in our cold season fruit set trial, setting ample fruit in cooler than average spring temperatures when many of the other larger tomatoes did not start setting fruit until the 3rd truss. We have been growing this tomato for 6 seasons, and have selected for flavour, early season fruit set, darkness in colour and resilience through into autumn, with 'Black Beauty' being one of the last tomatoes in the field each season.
SEED COUNT - 20 approx
Germination: Lot#19560 95% FEB2023
Seed Raising, Growing and Harvest Information
| Plant Type | Site | Spacing | Height | Sowing Depth |
Days to Germination |
Days to Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tender Annual |
Full Sun | 50cm apart in rows 60-70cm apart |
90cm-1m | 3-5mm | 5-10 days @ 21-27 degrees |
80 days |
TRANSPLANT (recommended) – Start transplants 5- 6 weeks before planting date. Sow seeds 6mm deep, 4 seeds/2.5cm. Lightly cover. Keep mix at 23-28°C. Pot up into 5cm or larger cells after first set of true leaves appear. For growing transplants, maintain temperature at around 22°C during the day and 18°C at night
Harden off plants by slightly reducing temperature to 15-18°C and reducing water for 2-3 days before transplanting.
NOTE - Don't start too early—leggy, root-bound, or flowering transplants can cause stunting and reduce early production. Avoid exposing unprotected plants to consecutive nightly temperatures below 7°C.
