Fruiting Plants · Global plant · grown in Costa Rica

Cherry Tomato

Juicy, sweet and brightly acidic.

Read its character ↓
Botanical identitySolanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme
Current statusTower Garden Flex · planned pantry crop
Heat languageNo capsaicin · 0 SHU

Not a flavor box. A living profile.

Choose a dimension. The instrument isolates one part of the plant’s character without reducing the whole ingredient to a single number.

Cherry Tomato
Aroma / 78 The living fruit begins with floral and fruit aromatics.

Juicy, sweet and brightly acidic.

Brightness / 86 Natural acidity creates energy and a sense of origin.

Juicy, sweet and brightly acidic.

Depth / 74 Sweetness and later development move from the fruit outward.

Juicy, sweet and brightly acidic.

Heat / 8 Its intensity comes from aroma and acidity—not capsaicin.

Juicy, sweet and brightly acidic.

Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme

A plant arrives with a past. We give it a new setting.

Used fresh and studied for the NÈG MARRON living pantry.

Cultural route
Global plant · grown in Costa Rica
Grown here
Hydroponically in Costa Rica

Flavor begins below the leaf.

Tower Garden Flex · planned pantry crop

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From plant to possibility

Seed

A small beginning, selected for the flavor and behavior we want to study.

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From plant to possibility

Root

The plant establishes in its grow cup while water, oxygen and mineral nutrition circulate below.

03
From plant to possibility

Tower

Vertical growing puts the plant in tropical light without pretending this is a field or conventional farm.

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From plant to possibility

Harvest

Leaves or fruit are selected when aroma, color and structure are ready—not simply when the calendar says so.

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From plant to possibility

Kitchen

Fresh, dried, infused or composed: the final use is chosen to protect what made the plant distinctive.

Used fresh and studied for the NÈG MARRON living pantry.

This living entry is ready for original photographs, film and observations as the garden develops.

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