Black Krim Heirloom Tomato From Seedling to Taste Test!
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- Опубліковано 25 лип 2015
- This year we grew mostly heirloom tomatoes. I was pleasantly surprised by the amazing flavor of some of them. This variety was one of my favorites for taste this year.
I garden in zone 6b. We have some pretty challenging weather sometimes. I don't claim to be an expert, so you will see my successes and my failures. I really appreciate feedback, so please say hi so I'll know you've dropped by.
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These are the best reviews! Thank you for taking the time to make them. I base my tomato garden plans based on your reviews. You turned me on to the cherokee purple and this year I'm planting black krim.
Thanks Daniel! I think you're going to like Black Krim. They are one of my favorites.
I learned from you to select cultivars that will produce in the heat. That info is really going to help me this year.
I'm very glad I could help! Hope you have a great year!
Got some in the dirt as I watch. Can't wait to try them based on your review. That glass cutting board is killing the edge of your knife 😉
I think you will enjoy them....we love them. Yes, I got a new cutting board. I've been told by a few people. I learn a lot from comments :)
i'm excited to try this black krim, i will definitely be installing a wire mesh around it because my brandwine plant was pillaged by vengeful squirrels last season
I hope it does well for you! The taste is hard to beat.
Rookie... grows em like my nanna. Gotta prune for these bad Bois
Nanna knows what she's doing :)
Enjoyed this… I’m growing my first Black Krim this year.
Glad you enjoyed it, Cheryl! I hope you get a bumper crop.
Great video thank you
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
another excellent tomato vid.
+ESCAPING THE MATRIX FOR GOOD
Thanks.
yummy tomatoe .. worth growing .
Indeed.
Love your tomatoes, but the best part of this video, in June parte of it, was the birds singing in the background, so lovely!
Thanks Danica. We are used to them, but I've gotten many comments on my videos about the birds in the background. Thanks for dropping by and taking the time to comment.
Yummmm just planted Black Krim today!!!
I see a great tomato season in your future :)
@@MidwestGardener Hope so! I have maybe 5 varieties going now and still on the hunt for a Cherokee!
@@truthofthematter9409 Hope you find that one too. Good luck!
hi thanks for your prompt reply Ed
No problem :)
I love Black Krim, great variety, also love Cherokee Purple and Paul Robeson which I think are really similar.
Yep, you can't go wrong with those 3.
@@MidwestGardener Yup all 3 of them have great smokey flavor. Got some Black Krim seedlings growing right now
@@gardentips1249 Nice!
just wanted to let you know I got to pick my first Black Krim today :-) wow! I am impressed. it has the mild flavor but I still can taste the "tomato flavor."
I'm not one for mild tomatoes as I like the acidic ones but I wanted to say thanks for sharing. I will be growing this again but I will be prepared next year for it being a beast of a tomato plant. my one stake wasn't enough lol. Oh yeah, I didn't have blossom end rot after all. you showed me the bottom of the tomato is suppose to look kind of screwy lol. worried myself for nothing!
That's great! Nothing like a great heirloom tomato. And the Black Krim is a great tasting one for sure. Glad to hear that you didn't have blossom end rot. You might as well get you a video camera and join the fun, so we can see that beast of a plant :) Thanks for letting me know. That's really cool to hear :)
Midwest Gardener 🤣 No to the camera but thanks. I don't know how you and everybody else does it. Hats off to you though😀
I LOVE Black Krim for eating in hand with a little salt, or in sandwiches! ... Blossom end rot is usually caused by lack of calcium and/or lack of DEEP watering. Tomato's have deep roots. Give them a deep watering of 2 to 3 inches of water once a week to 10 days, rather than 1 inch 3 times a week. Use a rain gage. Add calcium around plants, or crush/grind a TUMS tablets to one gallon of water, and apply some to each plants, before watering. You can also spray the Tums mix right onto the plant. It will help. Cracking is usually from drying out too much, and then heavy watering. And sometimes nothing works. Tomatoes are that way. But these 2 hints will help.
Thanks for the tips. I had trouble with that plant that year, and I had one this year that had one tomato on it with blossom end rot. Other than that, not much of a problem. But those are helpful tips anyway, so thanks.
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THANK YOU
I live in zone 6b in Kansas. I have grow this several years because of great taste but have up growing it due to splitting. I didn't have that much issue with blossom end rot.
I understand completely. I've been trying to find varieties that don't split so easily.
Thank you!
You're welcome!
I have ten growing on trellis lines. Excited to day the least! Some are super stalky, and some are lengthy
Nice! I would say you are going to have a great tomato season!
You got the ninja knife!!! I have those knives too that I got from the TV ad. My husband thought I've gone off the deep end. Hah hah. But I love the knives... I just planted a black krim last May 13. This is my very first time growing a garden. Thanks for the video - I'm trying to figure out how long I should expect fruit.
I really like the knives too, but my wife doesn't :) I think you will really like the Black Krim. I recently did a video of my top 5 tomatoes for taste, and that is my #1. They are a little slower to develop than some tomatoes, but days to harvest is probably around 80 days or so. The wait is worth it though. Good luck!
@@MidwestGardener, thank you so much! I have never had a black krim. I simply went to this out of the way business in our town named Eat Your Yard and was enamored by the name. I went and asked the owner - I'm looking for a tomato that I can eat like an apple, and that's the seedling he gave me. After watching your video I'm excited for 80 days to pass! If I didn't watch your video I would've thought something is terribly wrong with my tomato having black markings on it. Now I can't wait to surprise my husband with it and hear him say, "this tomato has molds". Hah hah... It would be awesome.
@@anatess07 One more thing. Since it is an heirloom, you can save seeds from it and grow them every year.
How did they do for u this yr?
@@DeadEyeRabbit, I can't seem to get my black krim to fruit properly. So, I have had tomatoes get to about the size of a ping-pong ball then it shrivels up and die! I put shake & feed for tomatoes on it, watered it, trimmed the wayward stems. I can't get it to fruit. My eggplant, on the other hand, has given me over 20 fruit, and right now has 7 violet beauties hanging on its stems. But I soooo want to succeed at the black krim!
try blondkophchen tomatoes if you haven't yet. it is a yellow cherry that is absolutely prolific. flower sets in bunches of twenty to thirty tomatoes! super unique taste.
kjs insaino Thanks, I'll sure keep that one in mind.
hi great vids you put out interesting informative easy to follow but i have a problem with TOUGH SKIN tomatoes salad variety grown in containers in a greenhouse hope you con solve this problem thanks Ed
Hey, thanks for the kind words Edwin. I really appreciate that. Yep, a tomato with a touch skin can ruin the whole tomato eating experience. I guess that is one thing that I really haven't paid enough attention to, since many of the ones I grow are probably very similar. I'll sure try to pay closer attention this year though......thanks!
i grew the top ten heirloom collection and the short season heirloom collection from tomatofest.com this year. black krim is in the top ten collection. i had no cracking but i too had some blossom end rot on small tomatoes. most of the large fruit was fine but the baby tomatoes started getting sick about august. i had to remove about ten small maters that were affected. none of the other varieties had blossom end rot. yummy fruit though.
Hey My Friend, I'm back again, Beautiful plants and very nice fruits. I reckon i'll have to try these 'Rusky Black Toms.' They sure look real good, and i wish i could have enjoyed that taste test. Would you mind sharing with us where you got that nice glass cutting board?? Very NIce!! How does it wear on your knives??
Thank You much, Have a Blessed day!!!!
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They are definitely in my top 5 for best tasting tomatoes. I don't know where my wife got the glass cutting board, but I use that one all the time. She's taking a nap right now, or I would ask her. I'll try to remember to ask later. It doesn't hurt the knives any.....as far as I can tell. It has a rough side and smooth side, and the smooth side works better.
@@MidwestGardener Thank you very much!! I like yours because it has those non-slip corners, and most of the ones i have seen don't. Thanx again!
I asked here yesterday evening, and she said that she thought she got it at bed bath and beyond, but she couldn't remember for sure.
@@MidwestGardener Thank you very much Sir, Have a great day!!!!
I will plant black krim for the first time next year, just bought the seeds! You mentioned for the first time you tried it tasted the best, I'm just thinking if this variety is from Russia, maybe it loves a cooler weather? Do you remember that year if your summer was not too hot by any chance?
I hope you enjoy tasting that first Black Krim as much as we did. I'm really sorry, but I just can't remember what the weather was like that year. Most summers are hot here. Some years are just hotter than others.
Another great tomato is the Italian Heirloom Tomato. It has great flavor and is so juicy! The perfect balance of acid and sweet, also very meaty and very few seeds.
I'm going to be growing black krim next year with a few other interesting varieties. I can't wait to try it. Trying new varieties and preserving seeds by saving and properly storing them is a beautiful thing. That way if it is the end of days, I'll be growing tomatoes and eating them with a little bit of salt and pepper. Whatever you grow, fruits or vegetables, saving seeds is essential.
Krim means Crimea in Russsian, as the Crimean Peninsula, which is quite hot when compared with the rest of Russia. So you're ok if you have continental or even hotter temperatures.
I just found this video. I was concerned that I had blossom end rot coming on. I was wondering if It's too late in the season to try to fix it you think or you think It's something in the tomato itself seeing how you don't have problems with your tomatoes like that. I might be late watching this but you definitely get👍:-)
I was reading up on it a little more, and I found out that planting too early when it is cool can cause some of your first tomatoes to have it. If it is just on the first bloom set, and you planted them out fairly early during cooler weather, that might be it. I had one tomato this year with it, and I'm not going to do anything. If it was on multiple plants, I might be more concerned. Is it just on one truss? Spent the last few hours researching my Yacon problem. I think I might have the culprit identified.....or at least narrowed down to 2. I'm starting to hat bugs, lol.
Oooops.....hate not hat, lol.
Midwest Gardener well hats off to you for hating bugs lol!
yeah I did get cold and rainy weather the whole month of may. it appears to be happening with tomatoes from all my plants. And I found a pretty big black Krim that has a deep split in it. the same with my purple heirloom. I took them off and chucked them.
Do you not think It's the squash vine borer on your yakon?
I really hate to hear about your tomatoes. That is really disappointing. If it is happening with all your plants, you might get your soil checked, if you can get it done cheaply or free. Costs too much here. I've never had to treat for it, so I don't know how well any treatment would work at this stage. Those black krims taste really good.....so sad.
It seems there are several pests of sunflowers that can have larvae that feed inside sunflower stems. Since I've heard they are related, I'm thinking it is one of those. I think I'll do a video on it just to get the information out there.
Midwest Gardener you sure do have more problems than I have. oh my gosh. I had no idea sunflowers could have those kinds of problems. I sure am sorry that It's happening to you. what's happening in your garden bothers me more than what's happening in mine. Thank you for putting a video up about it.
What are you going to use to combat BER, blossom end rot?
I published this video 5 years ago. Since then I've started using ground up egg shell in my compost. Then when I plant my tomato plants, I put compost in the planting holes. It has worked very well.
The black krim that grew cracked really bad. I grew some cherokee purple and they cracked even worse. We had some rain but it really wasn't as bad as some years. The german Johnsons I grew literally on row over had no cracking and the yellow hillbillies and Mr stripes had a little cracking but not as bad. The brandywine were pretty bad but I just pulled them early and they were fine. The darker ones, if you pull them early will have really deep cores that don't develop before they ripen. I really can't recommend these to grow unless you have a way of really controlling the environment around them. Any little rain would and they would crack wide open. I'm assuming that they really have a different fertilizer regimen that they need and probably need different soil too. It might also have something to do with the plants I purchased too not being pure strains because they looked different than most of the ones I've seen on the internet. With that being said, I did get several good tomatoes and the ones I did get were really tasty. I just hate having to throw out a tomato the size of my fist that has a crack the size of the grand canyon in it.
I understand. Those cracks can be a real problem sometimes. I've found that rain or overwatering is the main problem. But you're right....if you pull them very early, the core doesn't ripen.
Its not bloosm end rot . I have the same problem now, its called catfaceing lack of zinc up take
Thanks! I guess I didn't make myself clear. The one in the taste test didn't have blossom end rot. I had some small ones that had it, and those went into the compost pile.
Inoculate the soil with calcium and put a scoop of pelletized gypsum in the hole for blossom end rot.very nice tomato I can taste it through the monitor.
Thanks for the tips Daniel. I've been using eggs shells in my compost since then, and that is doing the trick for me so far. Yes, the tomatoes taste amazing!
if you had blossom end rot and cracking, that's indicative of not enough watering or too long between periods of watering in a hot climate.
The blossom end rot comes from the lack of water moving calcium around the plant.
The cracking/splitting comes from leaving it too long between watering.
The plant panics and sucks up as much water as it can because it hasn't been getting enough and the fruit bursts.
Thanks for the tips!
@@MidwestGardener Glad to help :)
I just love tomatoes lol. Watering more often - every other day in hot weather (early morning or late evening is best) ensures there enough calcium being taken up by the plant. When watering, give them a good soaking at ground level, to avoid splashing up the plant. Ensure you have free draining soil with some perlite in there, it lets the roots grow better. spread some mulch around the base of plants, hay is good. It stop water evaporation. :)
@@chrisdaviesguitar I think I did this video about 7 years ago. I've completely changed the way I garden since then. I now use wood chips as mulch (try to add some each year), and now use drip irrigation. I haven't had any trouble with blossom end rot in years. Certain tomatoes just have a tendency to split more than others though. Black Krim is one of those, as is Cherokee Purple....and a few others.
It"s Crimean black 😊
Thanks for sharing your favorite with us!
As far as I know this variety is called Black Russian in my country, I saw someone mention that some seed catalogues have renamed it Black Krim in the USA though :)
Thanks for the information!
Good info, thanks..
I see Black Russian seeds for sale in Australia as a medium sized round dark tomato, and Black Krim as a larger dark beefsteak variety, from the same stores. Who knows?
@@BarneyGumbl3 I've had "Black Russian" seeds that grow out to large wrinkly beefsteaks with the dark shoulders just like this... but also the ones you describe, smaller on the whole and rounder, similar colouring and flavour.
Who knows, I get the feeling the two varieties may be different with similar origins but seeds often get mixed.
I trying these in central florida. Call me crazy but i think its too hot for them
I believe it. It's too hot here some years for just about any large slicing tomatoes. Last year was like that here.
What was the date you did this taste test.
2015
so are you in Kansas?
Yes, we are in Kansas.
more taste description than "really good" please... Black Krim is known for a smokey flavour - would have liked to know if you experienced that in yours??
Thanks for the feedback. I will try to keep that in mind in the future. It had a full well balanced flavor, with just enough sweetness to make you want to keep eating.
Blossom end rot comes from lack of magnesium...Epsom salt...
Thanks for the tip.
@@MidwestGardener
Just planted 12 0f the black krim and 12 chocolate Brandywine...
Both have quarter size tomatoes now but the krims are a little ahead..
They are barely 12" tall and putting on fruit here in boiling springs s.c.
You're going to have some mighty fine tasting tomatoes in now time.
@@MidwestGardener
Thanks sir..m
Blossom end rot actually comes from a calcium deficiency... Egg shells, lime, etc. You can use tums tablets the medicine to help blossom end rot.
stck to hybrids lol
Sorry, but I'm still in love with heirlooms. This year I discovered dwarfs from the dwarf tomato project, and I'm really interested in those.
@@MidwestGardener There's a lot of great varieties to choose from. Heritage Seed Market is probably one of the best sites for just straight specialty tomatoes like dwarfs, they have a lot.
Blossom end rot can happen to any tomato. It was your fault not the tomatoes fault. Research how to correct BER
You're right, it can happen to any tomato. Don't know for sure if it was my fault though. Something like too much cold weather can cause it, and I don't think that would be under my control. Thanks for taking the time to comment, Edward! Much appreciated.
And after doing some quick research, I found this article by the University of Nebraska that mentions that some varieties of tomato are more susceptible to blossom end rot. I trust universities a little more than random websites. Thanks again, Edward! Here is the article: extension.unl.edu/statewide/nemaha/Blossom%20End%20Rot.pdf