Cocktail Tomato 'Dattelwein' - The Yellow Yield Rocket

Do you love sweet snack tomatoes, but find classic red too boring in the long run? Do you dream of huge flower clusters and a seemingly endless harvest? Then the historical variety "Dattelwein" will be your new garden highlight! It's an absolute yield rocket, bringing sun-yellow sweetness to your summer.

Taste: Sweet like fruit! The bright yellow, drop- or date-shaped mini-tomatoes (approx. 10–20 grams) have a divinely sweet, mildly fruity, and highly aromatic character. Due to their high sugar content and mild acidity, they almost taste like grapes. Perfect for snacking directly from the vine as you pass by.

Growth: The Dattelwein is a vigorous indeterminate tomato that aims high – it can easily reach 2 to 2.5 meters! Unlike small bush tomatoes, it absolutely needs good support (tomato stake or string). You should regularly prune off suckers, but if you have enough space, you can easily grow it with two or three main stems to get even more of the delicious fruits.

Special Features: It is a so-called "Multiflora" variety. This means it forms gigantic flower clusters from which countless small tomatoes grow on a single truss. The yield is simply phenomenal – a true waterfall of fruit! Additionally, it is very robust and continuously produces new golden-yellow date tomatoes until the first frost.

Good to know: Due to its lush growth, it feels most at home outdoors (preferably with slight rain protection) or in a greenhouse. However, if you give it a sufficiently large pot (at least 20 to 30 liters) and a tall, sturdy trellis, it will happily thrive on a sunny, sheltered balcony as well.

Hey, the Dattelwein is a real spectacle for your garden or pot! Give it a sunny spot, firm support, and some fertilizer. The sight of the huge, bright yellow fruit clusters will delight you all summer long – and is guaranteed to make your neighbors envious!

What you can do with Dattelwein:

• The "Traffic Light Salad" for the eyes: We eat with our eyes! Mix the yellow, tear-drop shaped Dattelwein tomatoes with classic red or dark cherry tomatoes. Add a little olive oil, salt, pepper, and feta cheese – and you have a colorful salad that is an absolute eye-catcher at any buffet.

• The low-acid children's snack: Red tomatoes are too sour for some children. The Dattelwein, with its high sugar content and mild aroma, is extremely popular with little ones. Just pack them in their lunchbox – they go down like sweet grapes!

• Sun-Yellow Oven Confit: Harvested too many? Put a large baking dish full of whole Dattelwein tomatoes with plenty of olive oil, a few garlic cloves, and rosemary sprigs into the oven. Let them slowly simmer at 150°C until soft. This creates an incredibly intense, sweet tomato cream that tastes heavenly on toasted bread or with pasta.

• Gourmet Decoration for Cold Platters: Thanks to their elegant, slightly pear- or date-like shape and bright yellow color, Dattelwein looks very noble. Halve them and use them to garnish cheese platters, carpaccio, or open-faced sandwiches for your next Sunday brunch.

• Sweet Tomato Chutney: If the plant goes completely wild in late summer and you have hundreds of fruits, cook them with onions, a little vinegar, chili, and spices to make a fruity and spicy chutney. The yellow tomatoes give the chutney a beautiful, vibrant color and pair perfectly with cheese or grilled meat.

The Dattelwein is liquid sunshine in tomato form. Once you've stood before this huge, yellow wall of produce, you'll never want to do without this sweet treat again!