Balcony
Cherry tomato
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme
- Cat: toxic
- Dog: toxic
- Light: full sun
About the plant
The tomato comes from western South America. Cherry varieties do well in a big pot on a sunny balcony, with a support. The fruit is edible, but the leaves and stems are harmful to cats and dogs.
Cherry tomato and pets
- Cat
- toxic
- Dog
- toxic
- Signs
- solanine (leaves and green parts; ripe fruit is not toxic): drooling, no appetite, severe stomach upset, depression, weakness, dilated pupils, a slow heart rate
If a cat or a dog ate this plant and shows signs, contact a vet straight away.
Instead: safe for cats and dogs
Care
- Watering
- about every 1 days in summer (April to September), every 5 in winter
- Light
- full sun
- Air humidity
- normal
- Temperature
- 12–32 °C
- On a balcony in winter
- does not stand frost (likes at least 12 °C): take it indoors before the first frosts
- Feeding
- May to September, every 1 weeks
- Grown
- in a pot
Water daily in the heat, best in the morning and evenly, or the fruit cracks. Tie it to a stake. An annual.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.