It didn’t quite reach 1.5 m (5 ft) in height, it was stocky, regular leaf. It was the very first of the tomatoes to start ripening. On the lower trusses, the tomatoes were about 300 g (10.5 oz). Good taste, juicy with a slight tartness.
An excellent variety! My seeds were from Svetikk. Large, superb taste, very sweet, absolutely no acidity.
Black Krim is now my favorite!
Very interesting and tasty, it’s a pity I only had two bushes at the edge of the greenhouse. Big thanks to Tanya (Kuznetsk)!!! I have a lot of dark varieties from her that I haven’t tried yet. And I used to be a skeptic of colored tomatoes. 🙂
P.S. Mine had potato leaves.
This year I grew Black Krim for the first time, seeds from Elena Danko, thanks to her. I liked the variety, I love black tomatoes! I had three bushes, all identical – 1.5m (5 ft) tall, and a lot of tomatoes. The biggest was 750g (1.6 lbs), many around 400g (14 oz), the last ones on the 4th truss were about 150g (5 oz), but they ripened fully on the bush themselves, I didn’t have to pick them green.
I won’t brag about the yield, the summer wasn’t suitable… but we ate them all right off the bush… I still remember the amazing taste 👍
My “Black Krim” was about 2 meters (6.5 ft) tall, with regular leaves, a vigorous bush, you can grow it in 2-3 stems. No tomatoes under 300 g (10.5 oz). Very good yield, sweet, juicy tomatoes.
I agree with previous reviews. Black Krim turned out to be one of the tastiest varieties this season.
Here is how my Black Krim from a store-bought packet looked this year, seedlings originally from Canada. Not very productive, it topped itself this year at a height of 1.2 m (4 ft). But a real beauty.
Black Krim (I don’t remember whose seeds I had, the label said Black Krim / Creme) – the variety delighted us, we hunted for it: whoever got there first, ate it! I picked about ten pieces yesterday, we’ll see how it does ripening indoors off the vine. 😲
Mine ripened among the very first, which is especially valuable when there are few ripe tomatoes yet. Yummy! 😋
Absolutely delighted with this variety!!! Very productive, the tomatoes were of different sizes, and the first ones were quite small, about 100-150 grams (3.5-5 oz). Then they averaged around 300 grams (10.5 oz). Very tasty, a solid A grade. The height was about two meters (6.5 ft), a very vigorous bush, large leaves. I grew it in two stems. The only drawback turned out to be low resistance to Leaf Mold (Cladosporium); it surrendered among the first. I constantly plucked off diseased leaves, it held on until mid-September. I will definitely plant more of it!!!
Are Black Krim and Sara Black different varieties? I don’t understand… 😳 But I liked Black Krim, as well as ‘Morkovnye’. Nina, thank you!
Quote from Fotinia:
Are Black Krim and Sara Black different varieties?
Different.
“USSR. Swedish collector Lars Olov Rosenstrom discovered an unusual tomato variety in Crimea, which he named Black Krim, and introduced it in 1990 into the Seed Saver’s Exchange catalog. From Europe, it made its way to the USA, where it gained huge popularity among collectors and amateurs, and from there returned famous to the vastness of the CIS (former USSR). True, in the process of relatively massive but uneducated cultivation, Black Krim turned into a variety type containing many similar varieties. Similar, as a rule, only outwardly.”
Quote from zauralocha:
Could you tell me, are Crimean Black and Black Krim different varieties or the same?
Quote from Alisa:
The exact same variety. Just a translation variation of Black Krim.
Quote from Agnija:
In Europe, it also circulates under its French name – Noire de Crimee. And poor gardeners kill themselves planting them side by side trying to figure out if it’s the same variety. 😄
I read about the taste of Black Krim… went and ate another tomato….
Yes, there are many on the bush, and they are uniform, large fruits.
Yes, it ripens earlier than mid-season varieties.
Yes, interesting color…
But the taste is ordinary, tomatoey. I agree that it’s juicy and slightly tart, but it’s just a regular tomato taste.
And my Black Krim turned out to be late and unproductive. The tomatoes are lying there almost ripe, I haven’t even tried them yet.
And it grew short. Barely a meter (3 ft) tall.
Maybe it was just a bad/unlucky plant? I only had one.
Quote from Irven:
But the taste is ordinary, tomatoey. I agree that it’s juicy and slightly tart, but it’s just a regular tomato taste.
I agree 100% with this review.
I wasn’t wowed either, won’t repeat it.
Tell me, why is there another poll/vote here?
It seems there’s already a poll and voting in the variety description section.
And the opinions are varied.
I repeated this variety in 2017. A wonderful, productive 🍅 dark-fruited tasty variety, fruits are uniform and glossy, up to 400g (14 oz) 👍😋 Grew in the greenhouse in 2 stems.
For me, it turned out to be one of the earliest. Picked the very first fruit along with ‘Sanka’ (an ultra-early determinate).
Productive. The downside – it was a bit bland. But we had rain every single day for a whole month.
Overall, a very good variety.
Today is January 12th, 2019. It finally ripened indoors! ))))
I’m satisfied with the variety. Had 2 bushes outdoors, about 1.5m (5 ft) tall. I liked the taste – everything is perfectly balanced. Yield is above average.
My absolute favorite variety. I’ve been planting it for several years from my own saved seeds. It’s a true workhorse; no matter what the summer is like, it always yields a crop. Maybe it’s not the absolute tastiest among black tomatoes, but it still has that distinct black tomato flavor, it has its own special quirk. Unfortunately, I can’t find a photo of a cluster on the bush, but I found a group photo – all the dark ones in it are Black Krim.
Oh, I forgot to mention, it’s early! In the 2018 season, it ripened first on June 30th.
Quote from Valentina03:
Today is January 12th, 2019. It finally ripened indoors! ))))
How on earth do you store it so it lasts until January, and even continues to ripen?
Oksana, Valentina03 is from Germany. I think she doesn’t store them, but grows them in a heated greenhouse.
Good afternoon!
My Black Krim has a “pedigree”.
Once in the spring, a volunteer tomato seed sprouted on the path between the bricks outside (practically “pavement”, almost no soil and a 0.5 cm gap).
Out of curiosity, I left it, didn’t transplant it, just tied it up and fenced it off. It grew into a 0.5 m (1.6 ft) “runt” and produced 3 tomatoes about 100g (3.5 oz) each. It turned out to be Black Krim (which had grown in the greenhouse nearby and “dropped” a seed).
Again, out of curiosity, I collected the seeds and sowed them in the spring. Now it grows with “northern/hardy” characteristics for me, but the taste hasn’t changed.
It is a “mandatory” plant every year out of respect )))))
It was picked for indoor ripening at the end of October.
The main rule – I pick them for indoor ripening ONLY in dry weather.
I store them in mushroom boxes in a single layer in a cool room (about 15°C / 59°F).
Yes, I love Black Krim, I plant it unconditionally. Seeds from Lidia and from Svetikk. The one from Svetikk is more vigorous for me. This year it was from Svetikk and I really liked it. Of course, I’m using my own saved seeds now, alternating strains every year. But I can’t do without Black Krim; no matter what kind of year it is, BK will come to the rescue.
“Black Krim” – mine is from Alyona. A delicious dark-fruited tomato.
My Black Krim is from I. Korolev. I’ve been planting it for two years. A very strong bush, it set large dark brown tomatoes all the way to the top. I led it in three stems. Productive, tastes similar to Striped Chocolate. Very tasty, juicy, and sweet. I grow it in a greenhouse. Even though they say tomatoes are tastier outdoors, in our Siberian climate you can never guess what kind of summer it will be, and whether they’ll have time to ripen.
It’s a favorite workhorse variety – grows everywhere, both outdoors and in a hoop house – the yield is always above average… The only thing is that it’s a bit too dark in salads… but the taste is excellent…
It is indispensable in salads. It perfectly contrasts with green, yellow, and red tomatoes and herbs. Makes for beautiful, bright, and positive summer salads.
Quote from Lenasya:
Productive, tastes similar to Striped Chocolate. Very tasty, juicy, and sweet.
Interesting. It grew for me in 2019 outdoors. The bush was vigorous, fruits were heavy and large. The color is a classic “black”, but it doesn’t look or taste like Striped Chocolate at all. Different texture, flavor notes, etc. I’ve had Striped Chocolate in my greenhouse for 2 years (first time from my own seeds) and I wouldn’t confuse its taste with another tomato blindfolded. It’s not that it’s overly sweet, it is tasty, yes, but without excess sweetness; it has its own undeniable, recognizable flavor. And texture. Plus Striped Chocolate has a rather dense and tough skin. But I could easily confuse Black Krim with almost any other black tomato, except perhaps especially sweet ones like Black Pear or Dana’s Dusky Rose. Or ‘Black with a Spout from Borisovna’, which is recognizable by its special balance against a background of pronounced sweetness.
Well, here is my Black Krim from seed, picked on Aug 25, on the scale and cut open. First year adapting to my climate, so the fruits were a bit irregular.
Quote from Oksana Evgenievna:
…it doesn’t look or taste like Striped Chocolate at all…
I agree that of course these varieties differ, but both are tasty and sweet. My friends grew both varieties and also agreed that there is a similarity. Maybe we just aren’t such flavor connoisseurs, without enough experience to find such subtle flavor differences in varieties.
The tastiest and most productive of all the black tomatoes.
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