| | |  | Vegetable Seeds | Home » » » Black Sea Man Tomato 10 Seeds - Heirloom | | | | | | | Description: | | NEW! Small plants with medium-sized deep brown fruits, rich flavor. Looks incredibly odd when blanched and peeled, revealing skeleton-like veins under the skin. Potato leaf, but determinate, 75 days from transplant. CERTIFIED ORGANIC | | | Features: | |
• NEW!
• Small plants with medium-sized fruit
• Rich flavor
• CERTIFIED ORGANIC
• 10 Seeds per pack
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| 1.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.0 inches | | Average Customer Rating:
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78 of 78 found the following review helpful:
Black Sea Man TomatoesJul 01, 2010
By Livnletliv
This year I planted my first garden and in addition to the old reliable standbys, I bought seeds for several unusual plants, mostly heirloom tomatoes. This one was pretty good in that over half of the seeds germinated(not the case with my other heirloom tomatoes and peppers), the plants I kept for my own garden are very hardy and healthy, and the tomatoes are an impressive size.
On the negative, instead of 10, I got 9 seeds (minor, since I gave away most of the plants before transplanting), the plants don't have nearly as many fruits as most of my other tomatoes, and I have read that this is a determinate plant, meaning all the fruit comes in at once and then it's done. Also, when I chose these seeds, I was drawn in by the color of the fruit in the photo, and believed that these would actually be a deep purple to black when the tomatoes were ripe. After ordering them and looking further, I have found that they are most often deep red or brown in color, leading me to feel that the seller misrepresented the product and included doctored photos or images of some other type of tomatoes.
Edited to add: I am changing my rating from three to four stars because when I wrote my original review, it was still a little early in the season and I hadn't gotten to taste any of the fruit yet or seen exactly how much the plants would produce. They did produce more fruit than I expected, though not nearly as much as some, and after tasting the BSM tomatoes, they became my favorites of the many types of tomatoes I grew last year and I regretted giving away so many of the seedlings. They were delicious and had a slightly salty taste. I still can't justify a five out of five stars, however, because I still felt that the photo provided was very misleading. Because they tasted so good, I really would have liked it if the plants had yielded more fruit, but that seems a rather small nit pick considering they yielded more than I expected and they were hardly the least productive tomatoes in the garden. I feel it really should get four and a half stars, but if a half star is an option, I don't see how to do it. If you like a slightly saltier tasting tomato, I would highly recommend these, but would also suggest that you make up for lower yield with more plants.
20 of 23 found the following review helpful:
 Fast germination for me.Sep 20, 2008
By Steven Robinson
"S. Robinson"
These germinated very quickly for me and are growing great outside. Also gave 2 plants away to friends and they have taken off very well. (Started indoors then transplanted outside) A caterpilar had eaten almost the enire plant down to a couple of mangled stalks. It grew back quickly and is starting to produce fruits again. Wasn't able to save any tomatos from the first batch.
22 of 26 found the following review helpful:
100% germination rateFeb 24, 2009
By J. Myers
Planted six of the 10 seeds,all sproted in around 3 to 4 days.Soaked the seeds in a 100 ppm solution of 90% gibberellic acid for 5 hours before to planting.Also used the germination station seed starter ,also sold on Amazon.Now have seedlings in south window under 3 floresent plant lights I bought at Wal Mart for 10$ a peice.Seems to be enough light to aviod leggy stems.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Deliciouse TomatoSep 08, 2010
By Ed Barker
we grew these tomatoes, Black Sea Man, and just picked the first ones and ate them. They are very good tasting, but the inside of the tomato does NOT look like the photo you have in the advertisement. It looks more like a Black Russian Tomato. That was a bit of a let down. However we entered it in our local Tomato Festival and it was voted "Best Tasting Tomato of Napa Valley". Thanks, Black Sea Man.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Tasty but smallSep 29, 2011
By J. Evans
"chri7s"
I had no problems with seed germination and the plants (6) all got off to a great start. Living in a cooler climate with shorter summers I had to start my plants indoors and moved them outside after about a month to month and a half when I was sure there'd be no more evening freezes. These were grown in 5 gallon, orange home improvement store buckets. It took a while for the tomatoes to start forming but once they did, they just kept producing and are in fact still giving us delicious tomatoes. The taste is very good, a sweeter flesh and a tart skin make for an overall rich and delicious flavor, perfect for sandwiches and salads which is how we have enjoyed them. Don't wait for them to turn completely red to pick because they don't, or if they do, they're too ripe. These are picked when the lower portion of the fruit is a reddish-orange or copper and the tops are still green. Only issues are that the fruit is a bit smaller than the average red tomato. Many ripened at cherry tomato size with others in the medium-to-small range, like a plumb or Roma tomato. Another problem I had (likely due to my own errors) was that some of the fruit developed bottom-rot early on. I corrected this by watering a little less frequently and adding some calcium/magnesium to the food. Over all, a productive plant with lots of small but very tasty tomatoes. I recommend it but will be growing more traditional tomatoes next year.
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