Hi, I recently bought gorgeous tomatoes and decided to extract the seeds so I could grow some myself. Unexpectedly, everything went according to plan and I now have 15 young plants. The problem is I don't know what type of tomato they are and, in order to grow them successfully I need to know how will the plant grow (vine or otherwise) so I can prepare anything I may need (cages/stakes etc). Currently, after only a week, the shoots are 3cm long with two long (2cm), thin(0.5cm) leaves with "true leaves" beginning to show in the centre. The tomatoes, these plants will hopefully yield, are small (smaller than a golf ball), pear-shaped and with a dark green and reddish colour. Apparently they are called Cherry Pera Pata Negra locally. In English this means cherry pear 'black foot' (this indicates only their high quality). I can't find any information on the Net searching with this name - not even a photo that resembles them! I appreciate this is long winded and vague in the extreme but even your best guess would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance, McSpluf .
There are about 5000 plus tomatoe varieties, and often the difference between the fruit is in the eyes of the beholder. As a practical solution it may be advantageous to cage or stake all. In general I find staking or caging any tomato plant is probably prudent practice, and no harm is done.