Overall, I picked the first 4 Chocolate Stripes on July 7, 2019. This one is from the second row of the bed on July 9 – the pattern is less pronounced.
And this is the bush in the greenhouse, the one closer to the polycarbonate wall.
The variety is a beauty of course, I don’t even know in what form it is more attractive, green or ripe.
Probably green, because in open ground here it starts around August 15, and you have to gaze at them longer.
The yield is crazy, this year the bush produced 5 kg (11 lbs), but I’m terribly offended by it.
In 2018, in the exact same spot, it produced 7.4 kg (16.3 lbs), the rascal, but this time it slacked off.
“Chocolate Stripes” (Polosatiy Shokolad) is a favorite. Sweet, productive, beautiful. I sow seeds for seedlings at the end of February. Maximum tomato – 750g (26.4 oz). And by the way, is it “Striped Chocolate” (Polosatiy Shokolad) or “Chocolate Stripes” (Shokoladniye Polosi), as I think (I talked to a linguist)? For me it’s “Striped Chocolate”, because I’m talking about chocolate, whereas “Chocolate Stripes” could be on any item and not necessarily on chocolate.
I grew the variety in 2019 in the greenhouse. Bought seedlings at the market. Very satisfied. The tomatoes are large, sweet, and beautiful. I have little experience. Yield is about 2 kg (4.4 lbs) per bush. Average fruit size 300g (10.5 oz).
Hello, could you please tell me, should the leaves of Chocolate Stripes be uniformly green or with a light mottling? I bought seeds of different tomato varieties, but only this one has mottling. Besides the mottling, the leaves are slightly curled downwards like a boat. A virus? Or is this normal?
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A virus? Or is this normal?
The leaves of Chocolate Stripes are regular green without spots or other features. Leaves can curl and have uneven coloration for various reasons, not necessarily a virus right away. Much more often these things happen due to more banal reasons like unbalanced watering, feeding, excess/lack of light, and insect pests. My leaves curled (not specifically on Chocolate Stripes, but in general) from overheating under grow lights; after I removed them, they gradually unrolled. So, according to Occam’s Razor, I would recommend first checking the conditions in which the tomato is growing. And set it aside from the others for now, just so the infection doesn’t spread, if it is indeed Tobacco Mosaic Virus.
By the way, Chocolate Stripes is heat-loving, just so you know.
Thank you.
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By the way, Chocolate Stripes is heat-loving, just so you know.
Allow me to disagree with you: last season in our cold “summer”, Chocolate Stripes gifted me with a large harvest not only in the greenhouse but also in open ground. It turned out to be a very wonderful variety for my conditions.
Tomatoes are not heat-loving, but cold-resistant plants. They are capable of painlessly enduring +1, +2°C (34-35°F) in the seedling phase. In their homeland, tomatoes withstand slight frosts.
But if you coddle them as seedlings, then, of course, you will never see a harvest from them in a green winter.
I have been growing my seedlings in harsh, cold conditions for many years, but their childhood doesn’t affect the harvest. With every year, the plants become more resistant to cold and frost, passing this valuable trait to subsequent generations when saving seeds.
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A virus?
I agree with Oksana Evgenyevna – it looks very much like Tobacco Mosaic Virus.
Quote from Sergey-EKB:
Tomatoes are not heat-loving, but cold-resistant plants.
There is actually no contradiction in that. Quite tolerant of cold snaps, yes, but that doesn’t exclude their origin from a warm climate and their love for heat. It’s just that some tomatoes love heat more than others. Walford’s Wonder, for example. Chocolate Stripes tolerates cold snaps quite cheerfully; I have an unheated greenhouse, and nights sometimes drop to +4 to +6°C (39-43°F). Now it’s averaging +7 to +9°C (45-48°F), but the days are warm. But it prefers heat much more! In a warm climate, it is simply tastier.
I was also satisfied with this variety. Had… well, why had, I still have 2 bushes, the last green ones are still hanging. Staying for a second year and probably settling in for a long time. But its brother with the same stripes,
Once again repeated this variety, it set a whole bunch of striped yummy treats, despite the difficult summer. Grew in the greenhouse to 2 stems.
Very productive this past summer. Will plant again.
Here is my Chocolate Stripes sliced open.
My Chocolate Stripes. Sliced alongside Amur Tiger. Chocolate Stripes in open ground (Poltava) is about 180 cm (6 ft) tall.
In the photo is just one truss.
Planted for the first time. Watery taste. But, there is a sugariness present similar to what Soviet southern tomatoes used to have. I will plant it again, but I didn’t like it.
Chocolate Stripes. Planted it, am planting it, and will continue to plant it.
It is number 1 for me – my son really loves it.
This variety showed its true potential in its second year for me, already from my own seeds. Grew in the sunniest spot. Turned out very productive.
Taste-wise, sweet, without sharp notes.
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Well, here are my 2021 ones. I’ve been growing it for 3 or 4 years now. One of my favorite varieties. I allocate two spots for it. This year there was one bush of Chocolate Stripes and one of GGWT; I couldn’t see a difference in taste, appearance, or yield. But this is definitely Chocolate Stripes, the variety number is marked on the fruit, that’s the only way I distinguish them.
By the way, this variety is distinguished by absolutely magnificent keeping quality and it ripens perfectly indoors from completely green picked fruits. I think they weren’t even at the mature green stage and hadn’t fully sized up. It’s hot here, they just lay on the kitchen table, didn’t spoil and didn’t shrivel. Ripened to an excellent sweet taste. Slightly less rich than vine-ripened, but not by much and truly tasty. We were all surprised. We hadn’t tried ripening this variety indoors before, usually it all manages to ripen on the vine, and I don’t pick the tiny ones.
Did you know that Blokin-Mechtalin (from Partner Seeds company) registered Chocolate Stripes in the state variety register under his own name (as author and originator)?
It goes without saying that he didn’t breed this variety.
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Once again repeated this variety… Grew in the greenhouse to 2 stems.
Sveta, I don’t know how it is for you, but at the beginning when this variety first appeared it wasn’t very productive, but now apparently it has adapted and with every year it gets more and more productive. This year it is just incredibly productive, I love this variety, the flesh is delicious.
Chocolate Stripes (Polosatiy Shokolad)
Repeated it once again, grew in the greenhouse and one bush in a large pot near the gazebo. Everywhere it showed wonderful yield, beauty, and taste.
A gorgeous variety! Wonderfully tasty, the best of the striped ones this year, and stands out heavily among all others too. Beautiful, productive, sweet, with a harmonious taste and its own kind of pleasant aftertaste. Pruned it to 2 stems, and will continue to do so. Kept it for next year.
Very tasty, productive. I plant it every year.
I aim for early Chocolate Stripes every year. It accumulates sugars immediately and is very tasty. We are eating them this year starting from June 8th (North of Moscow Region).
Photo taken June 8:
I plant it every year. For many years now, I start my planting list with it.
I was told they were very similar. But no. They are different.
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