Magic Bullet is a striking indeterminate cherry tomato that rewards patient growers with an extraordinary visual and culinary experience. The plum-shaped fruits arrive with an almost iridescent blue-black skin streaked with green and blushed red when fully ripe, making them as beautiful on the vine as in the kitchen. Reaching 60 to 72 inches tall, these plants thrive in zones 3 through 11, producing ripe fruit in just 70 days from transplant. The flavor is deeply fruity with floral and umami notes that taste exceptional fresh or roasted, while the firm texture resists the cracking and blossom end rot that plague many cherry tomato varieties.
Full Sun
Moderate
3-11
72in H x 24in W
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Moderate
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The fruit is genuinely stunning, with that rare blue-black coloring shot through with green stripes and a red blush that makes each tomato look like it was hand-painted. What sets this apart is not just the show-stopping appearance but the actual flavor, which moves beyond simple sweetness into complex, slightly floral territory with a mouth-watering umami undertone. The plants are also built tough, resisting common cherry tomato problems like blossom end rot and cracking that waste so much fruit on other varieties.
These tomatoes shine when eaten fresh, where their complex fruity and floral flavor profile comes through most clearly. They're equally excellent roasted, where the firm texture holds up beautifully and the umami notes deepen with heat.
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Sow seeds indoors 6 to 8 weeks before your last frost date. Plant seeds 1/4 inch deep in 20-row flats with 20 seeds per row, or in 200-cell trays with one seed per cell, then lightly cover. Keep the soil mix at 75 to 85°F with moderate moisture. Tomato seeds typically germinate in 5 to 7 days. At first true leaf, pot up to 50-cell trays or 4-inch pots depending on your expected transplant timing. Grow seedlings at a constant 60 to 70°F and fertilize with complete fertilizer until they're hardened off.
Transplant outdoors after your last frost date once seedlings have been hardened off. Avoid transplanting leggy, root-bound, or flowering seedlings, as these can stunt plants and reduce early production. Space transplants 24 inches apart in rows 36 to 48 inches apart.
Pick fruits when the skin develops its characteristic iridescent blue-black coloring with green streaks and a red blush, indicating ripeness. At 70 days from transplant, fruit should be coming in steadily. Plum-shaped cherry tomatoes reach their peak flavor when fully colored but still slightly firm to the touch.
For this indeterminate variety, once plants outgrow a manageable size for easy harvest, consider pruning or using short extensions on stakes to keep fruit within reach. Basket-weave trellising every 2 to 3 plants helps manage the tall growth naturally while supporting heavy fruit loads.
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“Magic Bullet was bred by Seed rEvolution Now, a seed company focused on developing tomatoes that combine visual drama with genuine flavor complexity and disease resistance.”