Black Beauty Tomato Seeds (25)

Black Beauty Tomato Seeds (Solanum lycopersicum) 25 seeds

Selected and developed by Brad Gates, from a line resulting from the crossing of "Pink Berkeley Tie Dye" with "Indigo" Apple.
Fruit weighing 150 to 250 grams, round shape, slightly flattened and discreetly ribbed at the shoulders.
Epidermis is almost entirely black due to the high concentration of anthocyanin.
Fleshy dark red/purple flesh. According to specialists, it is one of the best tomatoes in existence.
Vigorous plant but with average development, dense regular foliage, indeterminate growth.
Second half of the season variety with slow maturation. Very good conservation of the fruits once picked, without alteration of its flavor.

Sow in pots, at a temperature between 16 and 20 °C, under a well-lit shelter, 5 weeks before planting. Transplant the entire root ball into the ground, after the last frosts, at a minimum distance of 50 cm, burying the stem up to the first leaves. Water abundantly at the time of planting.

Solanaceae need light and heat to produce. In cool climates, it is best to grow them under cover and, depending on the soil, provide regular watering.


There are different points of view on how to approach the famous pruning of tomatoes and each gardener has arguments to justify his theory. To the question "what to do?" the answer is very simple: whatever you want!
Pruning tomatoes by disbudding is not obligatory; it is intended to increase the size of the fruits, their earliness and to facilitate the harvesting work.
This method nevertheless has two drawbacks: it requires time and discernment. Indeed, the head of the tomato plant is not always easy to distinguish from a secondary branch. In addition, removing the suckers causes wounds for your plant. It is therefore strongly recommended to consider helping the healing with a dusting of maerl or a green clay wash.
Another vision is therefore not to prune at all and to allow the plant to fully develop. It will therefore need more space in the garden, i.e. 1 m between each plant. The fruits will be smaller but more numerous.
A third solution remains the two-strand training. After pinching the foot 20 cm from the ground, only the two strands that form laterally are kept. Then all the suckers are removed.

You can harvest tomatoes 4 to 5 months after sowing.

Reproducible seeds harvested exclusively in the Pot'à'Jo garden, a horticultural and permaculture market garden of 1500m². Everything is cultivated there with deep respect for nature and their inhabitants. I have been growing my own seeds from seed to seed for years.