Cherry Tomato 'Hawaiian Currant'

Great little Tomato! It has been self-seeding in a corner of my garden for four years. If given the time, all tomatoes on the clusters ...Read Morewill ripen fully. They are so sweet and delicious - like candy and the sport that I have are really tiny. They are the smallest currant tomatoes that I have ever grown.

Plants are extremely disease resistant, indeterminate vines which will tolerate somewhat poor soil. They are also slightly salt tolerant....Read More

The fruit is sweet, flavorful and small- about the size of a nickel if not fertilized. It usually appears in clusters of 2 to 4. If well manured, watered and mulched, fruit can get larger, roughly 1" across.

Because the fruit aren't currant sized, I think this variety is actually more of a "Hawaiian Cherry" than a 'Hawaiian Currant'.

There is also a Hawaiian native currant tomato which has small clusters of teensy currant-sized fruits, but that is a different plant. :)

This grows wild in Hawaii and has a fabulous flavor, the fruit is usually very sweet. It seems to be an indeterminate variety, I've had ...Read Morevines grow upwards of 6'. (It was growing through a bird cage and I had to move the cage, therefore I cut down the plant, otherwise it would have grown even longer.) It seems incredibly disease resistant, and for some reason, nothing eats the wild tomatoes here in Hawaii. Well, nothing but me anyway...

The fruit tends to be round, and the size of a smallish grape. It doesn't fall off the vine, and will dry out on the vine if left alone. I have taken a couple of cuttings and transplanted them to my hydroponic unit to see how it grows under better nutritional conditions.

Growing characteristics: This plant has narrow, pointed leaves, and grows shrubby instead of leggy.