I’ve never planted Cherokee purples before, so I don’t know if it goes through a pretty red stage before turning purple. I was also expecting the fruit to have lots of hips, but these are the roundest most “tomato” looking tomatoes I have ever grown. Did the plants get mislabeled or is it just too early for the purple to show up? Zone 9 if that helps.
by Dancin_fool
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it’s stunning, but it’s not a Cherokee Purple!
That’s not a Cherokee Purple, sorry my friend. It’ll never turn purple. 😂
Looks like a hot house or similar.
Is the plant even indeterminate?
It was definitely mislabeled babes💕!!
That is not a Cherokee purple. Looks like a celebrity, better boy, etc. Maybe a Rutgers as well.
Pretty ‘mater there!
That is no Cherokee Purple, a Bastard Swordsman maybe…
Where did you buy the plant? If it was a big box store then sometimes mischievous kids will swap out labels.
Remeber the scene in Thomas Crowne Affair with the museam and the scarcophagus?
What you have there is NOT a cherokee.
My Cherokee Purples are more pink/red than purple. Whereas Black Krim is more purple than black. Having said that, that’s not a Cherokee Purple based as much on shape as anything else. That looks like some type of hybrid. It’s a pretty tomato though!
It’s a Cherokee Rojo /s
https://preview.redd.it/46cyq5jl4x4f1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bba39342e9428f92a0a93042d6e8145d1bfc633b
For reference the one on the left is a not so ripe Cherokee. So you know for next time! The one you have there is definitely mislabeled.
Looks like a GREAT Celebrity!