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Cherokee Carbon

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Wed May 13, 2020 3:58 pm

Beautiful and delicious.
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Wed May 13, 2020 5:49 pm

Perfection!
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Wed May 13, 2020 7:49 pm

Sigh....

Will you be growing it again?
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Post: # 19905Unread post karstopography
Wed May 13, 2020 7:56 pm

I almost got one of those at Riefels. Is it sort of an improved yield Cherokee purple or entirely something else?
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Post: # 19907Unread post Barb_FL
Wed May 13, 2020 8:33 pm

That's beautiful. I received seeds from someone at TV and grew it in the Fall/Spring season but my tomatoes were small and more reddish than brown. It did set fruit in really hot weather and was productive but it didn't seem right to me. I ended up buying seeds so I will try again in September.

Were most of your tomatoes that size? Also, where did you get your seeds.

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Wed May 13, 2020 9:21 pm

I'll grow it again. kars, the parents of CC are Cherokee Purple and Carbon, both heirlooms. I got my seeds from Tomato Growers Supply. It doesn't look like all of the tomatoes will be the size of the one in the photograph, but most are medium-large.
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Post: # 19910Unread post EdieJ
Wed May 13, 2020 10:04 pm

We're currently growing Cherokee Chocolate, might have to try C. Carbon next year!
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Thu May 14, 2020 12:26 pm

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All of them are pretty.
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Thu May 14, 2020 5:37 pm

Some nice tomatoes there SpookyShoe. You seem to be off to a good start

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Fri May 15, 2020 1:03 pm

The Cherokee Carbon seeds I found at TGS are hybrid. Is there a variety that is OP that I missed?
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Mon May 18, 2020 9:52 pm

JosephineRose wrote: Fri May 15, 2020 1:03 pm The Cherokee Carbon seeds I found at TGS are hybrid. Is there a variety that is OP that I missed?

I must have misread the description. I saw "Heirloom Marriage" series and assumed it was OP. But you are right...it's a hybrid.
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Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:50 am

This is my first year to plant Cherokee Carbon, at the recommendation of the Texas Master Gardener Program Coordinator (my cousin's wife), who had a good year with it last year near Caldwell. It's been the star of my garden so far in both production and flavor, and has earned a spot on my "every year" list.
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