Quick Summary of Cherrikollo F1
- 🌍 Origin: A commercial F1 hybrid variety from the Russian seed company “Semko Junior”.
- 🌿 Plant Habit: An extremely vigorous, fast-growing indeterminate. It produces massive, wide leaves and an unbelievable amount of suckers. It requires strict pruning and tying to a trellis, otherwise, it quickly turns the greenhouse into an untamable jungle.
- 🍅 Fruit Characteristics: Classic red round cherry tomatoes weighing 20–25 g (0.7–0.9 oz). They grow on very long, heavy trusses, with an average of 20 fruits per cluster. The fruits contain a large number of seeds.
- 👅 Flavor & Texture: Highly rated for its sweet taste. The skin is described as thick, though one grower noted it can still be prone to cracking. Excellent for fresh salads.
- ⏳ Maturity & Health: Early ripening (90–95 days from germination). It is highly disease-resistant, officially listed as resistant to Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV) and tolerant to Late Blight (Phytophthora). Performs well in both greenhouses and open ground.
Description from the seed packet:
Early ripening hybrid, indeterminate. From germination to the first harvest is 90-95 days. Recommended for growing outdoors (on a trellis) and in protected ground (greenhouses). The fruit is round, red, weighing 20-25 g (0.7-0.9 oz). The taste qualities are excellent. An average of 20 fruits ripens on one truss. Resistant to tobacco mosaic virus, tolerant to late blight. Recommended for fresh consumption and canning.
Photo author: Ovechka
I planted it this year. In principle, I am satisfied. It is very wild. It is hard to tame. It produces suckers in terrible quantities, the leaves are huge. It outgrew the greenhouse and just keeps growing. I don’t pinch/top it, it just hangs from the ceiling. I walk around like in a forest, picking cherry tomatoes from the ceiling) But there are many pros. The clusters with fruits are huge and long. The tomatoes themselves are sweet. The skin is thick. In the photo, they are in a bucket.
I planted the cherry-type tomato Cherrikolo F1 from Semko Junior. I have one bush with such a cluster.
2019 season. Early ripening. Both in the greenhouse and outdoors in open ground. Fast-growing. Indeterminate. The clusters are long. The fruit contains many seeds. Tasty. The drawback is that the skin on the fruits cracks. It’s just right for a salad. I haven’t tried canning them in a jar.
