Sweet 100 Cherry Tomato

Solanum lycopersicum 'Sweet 100'

vegetable

Sweet 100 is an indeterminate cherry tomato prized for huge yields of one-inch, candy-sweet red fruit borne in long, branching clusters. The tall vines start ripening in about 60 to 65 days and keep producing nonstop until frost, so a single well-staked plant can yield many hundreds of tomatoes over a season. The fruit is high in sugars but, like most cherry tomatoes, tends to split after heavy rain following dry spells, so keep moisture even and pick promptly to limit cracking.

✅ Plant alongside

Good neighbors that attract beneficial insects or deter pests

• Basil — Repels thrips and whiteflies
• Borage — Attracts pollinators and parasitic wasps
• French Marigold — Suppresses root-knot nematodes
• Nasturtium — Lures aphids away as a trap crop

❌ Keep away from

🛡️ Pest & disease prevention

Proactive ways to stop trouble before it starts — tap a name with an arrow for its full guide

• Fruit cracking →

  Keep watering steady and pick promptly when ripe

• Tomato hornworm →

  Draw in parasitic wasps with dill and borage; handpick at dusk

• Aphids →

  Encourage ladybugs and lacewings with nearby flowers; rinse colonies off

🌾 Harvest & storage

Pick when fully red and just slightly soft, harvesting every day or two at the peak, since ripe cherry fruit splits or drops if left on the vine. Picking whole clusters once most of the fruit has colored keeps the long vines bearing.

🥗 Nutrition & benefits

Tomatoes are low in calories and a good source of vitamin C, potassium, and vitamin A, and they are the leading source of lycopene, the red antioxidant linked to heart and prostate health; sweet cherry types are eaten skin and all, raw.

⚠️ Toxicity & safety

Eat the ripe fruit only. Tomato leaves and stems (and large amounts of very unripe green fruit) contain solanine-type compounds and are not for eating.