Queen of the Night Tomato: Cultivation & Care

This tomato variety owes its name 'Queen of the Night' to its beautiful and noble coloring. We will introduce you to the Queen of the Night tomato and explain what needs to be considered when growing and caring for it.

The 'Queen of the Night' is one of the few striped and blue beefsteak tomato varieties. In this profile you will learn everything about the taste, properties and use of the unique tomato variety.

Tomato Queen of the Night: Wanted Poster

fruit	beef tomato; red-orange with black shoulders
the taste	slightly sour, spicy, aromatic
maturing time	medium late
growth	Stick tomato, up to 140 cm
location	Greenhouse, pot, sheltered outdoor

Origin and history of the beefsteak tomato

The 'Queen of the Night' is a newer German breed. The aroma nursery Deaflora near Potsdam names the 'Queen of the Night' as their own variety. Unfortunately, the year of its origin is not known. The fact is, however, that the blue and black tomato varieties have only been part of the huge range of popular nightshade plants for a few years. For about a decade, new varieties with the coloring agent anthocyanin, which is not present in our classic varieties, have been appearing more and more. Sunlight can create all shades of color from light violet to night black.

Taste and characteristics of the tomato variety 'Queen of the Night'

The 'Queen of the Night' reaches a height of little more than 140 centimeters. The slightly ribbed, round fruits can weigh up to 150 grams, so they are classified as beefsteak tomatoes. As the fruit grows, the green fruit becomes covered with purple shoulders, which turn black until ripe. The first red-orange striped tomatoes can be harvested from mid-August. The taste of 'Queen of the Night' is slightly sour, spicy and aromatic without any sweetness worth mentioning. It is seed-proof and can be propagated again using its own seeds.

Cultivation in pots and outdoors: you should pay attention to that

As a compact growing beefsteak tomato, the 'Queen of the Night' is ideal for keeping in pots. But even in the sheltered field, it is robust, hardly susceptible to disease and insensitive. For planting, you should wait for the ice saints in mid-May and then put the young plants outside. For planting in a pot, it is advisable to use a substrate adapted to tomatoes, such as ours Plantura organic tomato soil. The high proportion of compost replaces peat that is harmful to the climate and provides the nutrients necessary for healthy growth and flowering, such as potassium and phosphorus, for tomatoes. After planting, the young plant should be watered well and then supported.

Tomato 'Queen of the Night': care

The 'Queen of the Night' begins to bear fruit in June and soon the young fruits are covered with a delicate violet colour. Now the tomato's yield time begins and it needs more nutrients to supply all the fruits well. An organic fertilizer like ours Plantura organic tomato and vegetable fertilizer, supplies your plants sustainably and gently with all the necessary minerals and nutrients. The liquid fertilizer can simply be applied together with the irrigation water about once a week. The small beefsteak tomato can tolerate two shoots, all other side shoots are broken out early. The right thing Mulching and watering of tomatoes is very important, especially outdoors, to prevent diseases and promote soil life.

Harvesting and Using the Queen of the Night Tomato

From the end of July to mid-August, the first fruits of the 'Queen of the Night' ripen. On the dark side, the fruit turns red and orange, and the now soft flesh gives way slightly when pressed lightly. The 'Queen of the Night' hardly tastes sweet, it is more of a processing variety for soups and sauces. But it can only present its wonderful play of colors when it is raw, so the storable tomato can also score points in salads or as a raw vegetable.

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