Grape Tomato

Grape tomatoes produce small oblong fruit, often with firm flesh and thicker skins than cherry types. Plant habit and maturity vary by cultivar.

Sun

Full sun

Water

1–2 in/week, deep and even

Spacing

24 in

First harvest

60–80 days

Tips

• Check growth habit before choosing a cage or trellis.
• Harvest fully colored, firm fruit regularly.
• Maintain even watering to limit splitting.
• Choose an early cultivar for short summers.
• Plant hardened transplants deeply, burying the stem up to the lowest remaining leaves once soil is warm.
• Install a cage or stake at planting and tie new growth loosely as it lengthens.
• Water the soil deeply to supply about 1-2 inches weekly, keeping foliage dry.
• Remove diseased lower leaves and rotate away from other nightshades to reduce soilborne disease.
• Pick fruit when fully colored and slightly yielding, or let mature blushing fruit finish ripening indoors.

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