Cherry tomato Flavor Grenade was developed from a cross with the tomato Tim’s Taste of Paradise and subsequently stabilized. Cherry tomato Flavor Grenade is a remarkable, open-pollinated tomato variety from Wild Boar Farms, known for its spectacular colour and very powerful, complex flavour. The fruits are approximately 2.5 cm in diameter and have a notably firm, beefsteak-like shape for a cherry tomato. They are therefore large cherry tomatoes, also known as cocktail tomatoes. The fruits ripen from green to bright red, with dark indigo shoulders that turn almost black as they mature. The tomatoes also develop golden and indigo-blue stripes. The plants produce a generous quantity of these attractive fruits. The grower recommends harvesting the fruits as soon as they are ripe for the best flavour. The plants are indeterminate and vigorous and can easily reach 180 cm or more, making sturdy support essential. The first fruits ripen after approximately 75 days, and the plants are known for their good productivity.
The flavour is pronounced, intense and complex, making Flavor Grenade particularly suitable for eating fresh in salads, on bruschetta, sandwiches and sharing platters, but it also pairs exceptionally well with soft cheeses, basil, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and fresh herbs. Cherry tomato Flavor Grenade is especially suitable for fresh consumption. The small fruits can be used in a wide variety of tomato dishes. This tomato combines perfectly with soft cheeses such as Brie and Camembert, as well as basil, olive oil, garlic, balsamic vinegar and fresh herbs. Thanks to its unusual colours and powerful flavour, this tomato is not only interesting for culinary use but also a real eye-catcher in the vegetable garden. Non hardy annual. Height: 180 - 200 cm.
Indoor sowing: February - April
Germination: 6 - 14 days
Germination temp: 20 - 25 °C
Sowing depth: 2 - 3 mm
Transplanting: when the seedlings are about 20 cm tall
Transplanting in garden: in May, after the last night frosts
Plant spacing: 45 - 50 cm
Planting position: sunny - sheltered (greenhouse)
Days till harvest: 60 - 90
Sow indoors from February on in trays filled with moist pottingsoil. Sow shallow and press the seeds gently in the soil, don't cover them with soil, because tomatoes are light germinators. Put the trays away somewhere warm at 20 - 25 °C and cover them with clingfilm or a lid. Keep the temperature as even as possible and don't let the temperature drop during the night. Keep moist, but not to wet to prevent rotting of the seeds. Remove the clingfilm or lid when the seedlings emerge. Transplant the seedlings to seperate pots approx. 10 days after emerging. Put them away a bit cooler at approx. 18 - 20 °C.
Harden the tomatoes of, from the middle of May, when there's no longer any danger of nightfrosts. Put the pots at a temperature of 15 - 18 °C for a week and reduce the amount of water for this week. Put the plants outdoors after this week on a sunny and sheltered plot with well draining soil or put them in a greenhouse. Make sure that there is no longer any nightfrost.
Tomatoes need some maintenance to ensure a good harvest. Give the plants a sturdy support with some sturdy and large bamboo sticks. Remove all suckers that will form in the axils of your plants. Remove all the leaves below the lowest hanging fruits by the end of July till the beginning of August. Remove all the leaves of all plants together with the tops of all plants from the end of August till the beginning of September to ensure the ripening of most of the green tomatoes. Harvest the tomatoes by cutting them with scissors. Tomatoes can't be kept for a long period. Don't keep your harvested tomatoes in the fridge. So use them a soon as possible after harvesting. Tomatoes used in sauces can be kept frozen to store.
