changli

peppero · February 12, 2016

Any experiences with changli?

Jon:

AlittleSalt · February 12, 2016

I grew a tomato called Chang Li. It's a yellow pear shaped cherry tomato with a good taste.

Tormato · February 12, 2016

Chang Li

peppero · February 12, 2016

THANKS

Cole_Robbie · February 13, 2016

You may have gotten the seed from me. I have sent out a lot. It's my favorite yellow cherry.

I'm learning that yellow cherries are very dependent upon good weather in order to taste sweet. In a year with a lot of rain, they are bland. The less moisture they get, within reason - not enough dryness to cause BER, the sweeter they taste. Maybe that is true to some extent with all tomatoes, but I think it is exaggerated with yellow cherries.

Ann123 · January 25, 2018

Hi,
Would single stem pruning work for Chang Li? Or is it a bushy plant like Yellow pear?

Cole_Robbie · January 25, 2018

It is a large, sprawling indeterminate, so I think it would take well to pruning.

Ann123 · January 25, 2018

Since you write a sprawling plant, maybe I better let it grow wildly? Currant tomatoes for example, produce too little if pruned to a single stem so they get only pruned when they are in my way. I want some/a lot of fruit

Cole_Robbie · January 27, 2018

I think you are right that cherry tomatoes are best not to be pruned to a single stem.

KarenO · January 28, 2018

I also think many yellow cherries are yellow before they are ripe. Folks pick them too soon, taste them, pronounce them bland or a spitter but they actually aren’t ripe yet. Colour is not the only or necessarily the best indicator of ripeness.
KarenO

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peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	changli Any experiences with changli? Jon:

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AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	I grew a tomato called Chang Li. It's a yellow pear shaped cherry tomato with a good taste.

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Tormato Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: MA Posts: 4,959	Chang Li

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Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	You may have gotten the seed from me. I have sent out a lot. It's my favorite yellow cherry. I'm learning that yellow cherries are very dependent upon good weather in order to taste sweet. In a year with a lot of rain, they are bland. The less moisture they get, within reason - not enough dryness to cause BER, the sweeter they taste. Maybe that is true to some extent with all tomatoes, but I think it is exaggerated with yellow cherries.

January 25, 2018	#6
Ann123 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Belgium Posts: 240	Hi, Would single stem pruning work for Chang Li? Or is it a bushy plant like Yellow pear?

January 27, 2018	#9
Cole_Robbie Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Illinois, zone 6 Posts: 8,407	I think you are right that cherry tomatoes are best not to be pruned to a single stem.

January 28, 2018	#10
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,922	I also think many yellow cherries are yellow before they are ripe. Folks pick them too soon, taste them, pronounce them bland or a spitter but they actually aren’t ripe yet. Colour is not the only or necessarily the best indicator of ripeness. KarenO