The kumato tomato is characterized by its particularly dark flesh. You can find everything about the taste, origin and tips for growing and caring for it here.
The dark tomato with the special taste can even be found in the supermarket among the tomato specialties. In this profile you will find out everything about the kumato tomato.
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- Kumato: Wanted poster
- Origin and history of the tomato
- Kumato tomatoes: taste and properties
- Growing and caring for kumato tomatoes
- Harvest and use of the tomato variety ‘Kumato’
Kumato: Wanted poster
| Synonyms | 'Rosso Bruno' |
| fruit | Salad tomato; brown-green to red-brown, glossy |
| taste | intense, aromatic, sweet and spicy |
| Ripening time | medium early |
| growth | Stake tomatoes, up to 2 m |
| Location | Greenhouse, open field |
Origin and history of the tomato
The tomato with its unusual color comes from a Syngenta breeding program. It was created through a targeted crossing of two parent varieties with the desired properties, so it is a hybrid variety (also called F1 variety). It was patented in the USA in 2009 and has since been available in North America, but also in Germany and Switzerland. The kumato tomato is also known by the synonym ‘Rosso Bruno’. For some years now there has also been mini-kumato, which is mainly grown in Spain and the Benelux countries.
Kumato tomatoes: taste and properties
The kumato is a dark salad tomato with an average fruit weight of 100 grams and a height of over two meters. Their fruits are brown-green to red-brown in color and have firm skin and firm flesh. The strong shine of the fruits is very typical. Their taste can best be described as intense, aromatic and sweet and spicy.
The Kumato is a hybrid variety, which means that it cannot be propagated properly using its own seeds. The seeds for the tomato variety ‘Kumato’ therefore have to be bought again and again. The same applies to the elongated, oval, small cherry tomato Mini-Kumato, which ripens from dark red to green-brown.
Growing and caring for kumato tomatoes
With its fruit size, the kumato belongs to the salad tomatoes and should therefore be maxed out regularly. You can train it with up to three shoots, but the plant should definitely be adequately supported.
Like many hybrid varieties, the kumato tomato is very resilient and can therefore be planted both in the greenhouse and outdoors. For planting, it is best to use a special tomato soil, such as our Plantura organic tomato and vegetable soil. This contains important nutrients that the young plants need for growth. In addition, the completely peat-free substrate stores moisture and stimulates root formation after planting.
Tomatoes are one of the most nutrient-hungry heavy eaters and therefore need regular supplies over the course of the summer in order to produce a good harvest. With a mainly organic slow release fertilizer like ours Plantura organic tomato fertilizer ensure long-term nutrient supply and protect soil life, in contrast to Use of blue grain and others mineral fertilizers.
Harvest and use of the tomato variety ‘Kumato’
The consistency of the kumato tomato is very firm and is therefore particularly suitable for salads and freshly sliced as a snack. For boiling, you should remove the skin with boiling water, then the pulp will also boil over well. It is best to eat the kumato fresh from the plant. You do the same with its bite-sized little sister, the mini kumato tomato. The small cherry tomatoes have a particularly aromatic taste when grilled or baked in the oven and are an extremely healthy side dish.
Would you like to grow the Kumato outdoors? Here we reveal useful tips on how Tomatoes in the open ground grow best and how to harvest plenty of fruit even without a greenhouse.