Noooo! Not the Cherokees! I only have a few and they are the first to split
Noooo! Not the Cherokees! I only have a few and they are the first to split
by gokc69
22 Comments
gokc69
My biggest beauty cracked and drew in bugs since yesterday. So disappointed!
Comprehensive-Elk597
Cut out what’s gone bad and eat them beauties
PortraitsofWar
That CP at top looks like a jack-o-lantern!
GolfandSales
My Cherokee split waaaay more than my other slicers.
CooLMaNZiLLa
it’s just their nature. All mine split too. even intentionally cut way back on water a few days before rain was forecast and they still split.
joeshaw42
Just harvested my first one tonight and it is split. Hopefully the others hold it together.
oncebittentwicebi
My Cherokees not only split easily, they also seem to have mutant fruit way more frequently than any others. Some really strange shapes come off those.
NPKzone8a
What a shame! Sorry that it did not work out.
I gave up growing Cherokee Purple, even though I love the taste. NE Texas.
Carlpanzram1916
Damn. I’ve never seen a split that bad.
ElleElle728
Pull em off green & let them ripen inside!
Due-Bag-1727
I have found harvesting when they are just changing color stops some splitting..and they still ripen sitting on a table
charleyhstl
Save those seeds for next year
According-Dog-7288
My Cherokee split this year too but I also had some Blossom rot on the bottom but I also had a bunch of chicken poop and bone meal and that fed them the calcium and others stuff works pretty good to prevent more of it showing up and I getting more Cherokee coming in normal was hot and dry then cold and wet as they where on the vine … cause the spilts to much h20
CReisch21
Both my Cherokee Purple plants were the first to succumb to diseases and die. I planted in straw bales this year and all my plants are over 10’ tall and bushy and producing like crazy, cue the Army Worms! They spread the diseases and wipe the plants out! Well guess what? “Hey Army worms! Say hello to my little friends!” From now on I am starting the war and launching a full on beneficial nematode strike every 2 weeks all through and around all my tomato plants!
russiablows
Mine always do. As soon as they start to ripen I pick them. It’s aggravating.
Huge-Lychee4553
CPs have rightly earned the nickname “best tasting most ugliest fruit”
megs-benedict
My cherokees are split to heck too.
turtle2turtle3turtle
Cherokee’s are the BEST! But there’s a reason they don’t sell them at the grocery store. Both the plants and the fruit are on the fragile side. 😐🤪
Competitive-Pen355
I have found that Black Krim tomatoes are much easier to grow and more prolific than Cherokee Purple. They look almost identical, taste better, and are more resilient. They also seem to yield much more. That’s my experience anyway. YMMV.
Dizzy_Variety_8960
I can’t grow them. All mine are like this.
SultanOfSwave
My wife says that from her reading in gardening books…
They either have too much water or too little water.
Or they have too much fertilizer to too little fertilizer.
Or they have too much sun or too little sun.
Or you picked them too early or you picked them too late.
Hopefully that helps.
Adventurous-Pie77
You don’t have to let tomatoes ripen on the vine. Like peppers, they continue to ripen after being picked so just wait for them to show signs they will change color soon, and then pick them and leave them on your counter to ripen. The splitting won’t happen and you also won’t have to deal with insects eating them before you do.
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My biggest beauty cracked and drew in bugs since yesterday. So disappointed!
Cut out what’s gone bad and eat them beauties
That CP at top looks like a jack-o-lantern!
My Cherokee split waaaay more than my other slicers.
it’s just their nature. All mine split too. even intentionally cut way back on water a few days before rain was forecast and they still split.
Just harvested my first one tonight and it is split. Hopefully the others hold it together.
My Cherokees not only split easily, they also seem to have mutant fruit way more frequently than any others. Some really strange shapes come off those.
What a shame! Sorry that it did not work out.
I gave up growing Cherokee Purple, even though I love the taste. NE Texas.
Damn. I’ve never seen a split that bad.
Pull em off green & let them ripen inside!
I have found harvesting when they are just changing color stops some splitting..and they still ripen sitting on a
table
Save those seeds for next year
My Cherokee split this year too but I also had some Blossom rot on the bottom but I also had a bunch of chicken poop and bone meal and that fed them the calcium and others stuff works pretty good to prevent more of it showing up and I getting more Cherokee coming in normal was hot and dry then cold and wet as they where on the vine … cause the spilts to much h20
Both my Cherokee Purple plants were the first to succumb to diseases and die. I planted in straw bales this year and all my plants are over 10’ tall and bushy and producing like crazy, cue the Army Worms! They spread the diseases and wipe the plants out! Well guess what? “Hey Army worms! Say hello to my little friends!” From now on I am starting the war and launching a full on beneficial nematode strike every 2 weeks all through and around all my tomato plants!
Mine always do. As soon as they start to ripen I pick them. It’s aggravating.
CPs have rightly earned the nickname “best tasting most ugliest fruit”
My cherokees are split to heck too.
Cherokee’s are the BEST! But there’s a reason they don’t sell them at the grocery store. Both the plants and the fruit are on the fragile side. 😐🤪
I have found that Black Krim tomatoes are much easier to grow and more prolific than Cherokee Purple. They look almost identical, taste better, and are more resilient. They also seem to yield much more.
That’s my experience anyway. YMMV.
I can’t grow them. All mine are like this.
My wife says that from her reading in gardening books…
They either have too much water or too little water.
Or they have too much fertilizer to too little fertilizer.
Or they have too much sun or too little sun.
Or you picked them too early or you picked them too late.
Hopefully that helps.
You don’t have to let tomatoes ripen on the vine. Like peppers, they continue to ripen after being picked so just wait for them to show signs they will change color soon, and then pick them and leave them on your counter to ripen. The splitting won’t happen and you also won’t have to deal with insects eating them before you do.