Tomato, Purple Bumble Bee (Organic)
Solanum lycopersicum. Purple Striped Cherry. 70 days. Indet.
Similar to Pink Bumble Bee but purple with green marbling and a more oval shape. Productive, short indeterminate vines produce over a long season. Large cherry fruit are crack resistant and hold well off the plant. Flavor is less sweet than many cherry tomatoes but has a good almost heirloom tomato complexity that other varieties lack. Released in 2012 by Artisan Seeds in California.
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Sow indoors in flats with good potting soil as early as February, but no later than April. Keep warm and well-watered. Up pot seedlings into 4” pots once they have two true leaves. Transplant into the garden once danger of frost has passed.
Seed Saving
Collect seeds from ripe fruit by squeezing into a jar and add 25% more water. Wait a few days for mold to form. When seeds sink and gel-sac is gone, stir, add water, then decant and rinse to clean. Dry thoroughly. Tomatoes are mostly self-pollinating; isolation is not usually needed for seeds to be true to type.
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