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Mar 31st, 2012 at 02:47 AM
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My first tomato on Cherokee Purple we planted 2 weeks ago. ![[Linked Image]](http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y156/greywolf1842/2009%20Pepper%20and%20Tomato%20Garden/2012%20Garden%20plants/Firsttomatooncherokeepurple.jpg)
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Very nice and exciting to have tomatoes going already.
~Beth~
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Thanks can't wait to eat one they have the best taste ever
Meet Clyde my Male Sugar Glider. Clyde says Keep it organic. GOD BLESS THE U.S.A. Pray for our Troops! Jimmy's Blog
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Wow, that's after only two weeks. You certainly have a green thumb 
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Thanks can't wait to eat one they have the best taste ever I so wish I could grow them---I tried 2 years in a row---& I have yet to even so much as get 1 bite...
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Strange thing...last year we were pounded by rain and it was the first year ever that I had a large tomato ripen on the vine...the rain kept the frost at bay.
What are the number of days for those tomatoes Jimmy?? (from planting to harvesting)
~~Tam~ You can bury all your troubles by digging in the dirt.
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Sunflowers between 64 and 72 days from what the sticker said on it.
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I think the taste of a Cherokee Purple tomato is the best but this year they were shaped so weirdly they couldn't be used as a single, big slice on a tomato sandwich. JV did you have the same issue?
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I agree they are the BEST for Flavor, but they sure are shaped odd, and look odd, I like to squeeze a little lime juice on them and use mrs dash table blend and let then sit for like 20 minutes, then eat ,, The BEST flavor ever!
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I think I got the last of the Cherokee Purple off the vine Monday. I'll bet if we'd had a little rain in the last few weeks they would have produced longer.
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I would like to know your secret for growing the Cherokee Purple Tomato, Sheri. A few years ago, I bought a plant of the CP & while the plant itself grew nicely, I got 2 tomatoes on it & they both went rotten before they were ripe enough to eat. My other tomato plants, several varieties, did well that year. So what did I do wrong....
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I ate one of my Cherokees today. Did they get blossom end rot? How were they rotten? I plant mine in the same place I plant my other tomato plants. I don't know why they won't grow for you.
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To be honest I dont remember what the problem was, other than it was not bugs. The tomato would get half ripe & then rot...Perhaps I will try them again next year--we shall see... 
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