Grappoli Corbarino Cherry Tomato Seeds
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A very old Italian variety, Grappoli Corbarino produces generous trusses of 7 to 10 fruits, dark red and plum-shaped, with firm flesh, ideal for bottling and drying.
The packet contains 35 seeds, organic and open-pollinated. This early variety should be planted at least 50 cm from its neighbour and can be harvested until October.
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The summary
- What you receive: a packet of 35 organic, open-pollinated seeds of Grappoli Corbarino.
- The fruit: plum-shaped, deep red, with firm flesh, in trusses of 7 to 10.
- Sowing: from February to April under cover, at 16 to 20 °C, 5 weeks before planting out.
- Harvest: ahead of the mid-season varieties, whole truss, until October.
- In aquaponics: an early cherry tomato, recommended as a first fruiting plant.
- How to choose: this one for jarring and drying, the Jupiter for sauce.
Early Italian cherry tomato, in clusters of plum-shaped fruits, 35 seeds
Grappoli Corbarino cherry tomato seeds, from the Kokopelli association, produce an early Italian tomato in clusters of 7 to 10 dark red, plum-shaped fruits with firm flesh, suited to bottling and drying. The packet contains 35 organic, open-pollinated seeds. Its earliness and vigour make it a recommended first fruiting plant in aquaponics.
The Grappoli Corbarino is a very old Italian tomato, known as one of the first tomato varieties recorded in Italy. It bears generous trusses of 7 to 10 dark red, plum-shaped fruits with firm flesh, and its earliness gives you ripe trusses before those of mid-season varieties.
The plant has an indeterminate growth habit: the stem keeps lengthening all summer and you train it up a stake or a length of training twine, in the open ground or in a greenhouse. The variety is sown in pots from February to April, at 16 to 20 °C in a bright, sheltered spot, then the whole root ball is planted out after the last frosts, about 5 weeks later, at least 50 cm from its neighbour. It needs full sun and a well-drained, rich, warmed soil, with a moderate water requirement, and it then crops until October.
🍇 The whole bunch
This tomato is harvested truss by truss rather than fruit by fruit. Cut the truss with secateurs when most of its fruits have turned a deep red: the last ones finish ripening indoors, and you avoid tearing off a calyx by pulling on a single tomato. A fruit of this size puts little weight on the stem, so an ordinary training twine is enough, whereas the Yellow Belgium and its 300 g fruits call for a reinforced support.
💧 Your first tomato in aquaponics
In an aquaponic system, a cherry tomato is the recommended choice for a first fruiting plant, because its cycle is short, it is vigorous and it copes better than a large-fruited variety with swings in nutrient levels. The Corbarino adds earliness to these qualities. Plant it in a system that has been running for 2 to 3 months, in a grow bed filled with clay pebbles, as set out in the guide to growing tomatoes in aquaponics.
Keeping track of the pH of the water during flowering
The pH of the water determines what the tomato can absorb, and the compromise between fish, bacteria and plants lies between 6.4 and 7.5, a little above the pH the tomato would prefer on its own. The drop pH test gives you this value by colour comparison, with no instrument to calibrate. Regular readings during flowering let you correct a deviation while the trusses are forming, rather than finding it out on fruit that fails to swell.
Trusses picked early split less
A ripe fruit left on the plant after heavy watering or a downpour splits easily. So cut the trusses as soon as most of their fruits are coloured, preferably in the morning, and water at regular intervals rather than in large quantities all at once.
🫙 For jarring and drying
Their firm flesh and small size make these tomatoes suited to preserving. Whole and with the skin intact, they pack tightly into a jar without being crushed; cut in half, they dry in the oven at a low temperature or in a dehydrator, then keep dry or in oil. This way you save part of the summer's harvest for winter, when the variety produces more trusses than you eat fresh, and the rest is served raw, in trusses set out on the table with drinks.
✂️ Training on two stems
On a cherry tomato, the usual training keeps two stems, and pruning mainly concerns the suckers at the bottom, which grow in the axils of the first leaves. Pinch them out between thumb and forefinger while they are only a few centimetres long. Then gradually remove the leaves below the ripening trusses, without stripping your plant bare, because it is the leaves that produce the sugars in the fruit. This pruning opens up the foliage, which limits mildew and powdery mildew, and it gives you direct access to the trusses to be cut.
Technical specifications
The sachet
- Capacity
- 35 seedsEnough to plant around ten specimens, including germination losses.
- Seed origin
- Kokopelli associationOrganic seeds, royalty-free.
- Seed type
- Open-pollinated, non-hybridReproducible: seed from your own harvest will give the same variety.
- Seed storage
- About 4 yearsStore in a dry, cool, dark place.
The variety
- Botanical name
- Solanum lycopersicum
- Variety origin
- ItalyOne of the first tomato varieties recorded in the country.
- Fruit
- Cherry-plum shape, deep redFirm flesh that holds up in the jar and when dried.
- Fruits per truss
- 7 to 10The whole cluster is cut off with secateurs.
- Earliness
- EarlyFirst trusses ahead of the mid-season varieties.
- Growth
- IndeterminateGrown on two stems, with ordinary staking.
Seedling and harvest
- Seedlings under cover
- February to AprilIn a small pot, under a well-lit shelter.
- Germination temperature
- 16 to 20 °C
- Germination time
- 6 to 10 days
- Time in the nursery
- 5 weeks
- Installation
- After the last frostsWhole root ball, at least 50 cm between plants.
- Harvest period
- July to October
To budget for separately
- Stake or string
- Ordinary staking, put in place at transplanting
- Growing medium
- Clay pebbles or coir
10 further specifications are available in the detailed view.
In the box
- 1 packet of 35 Grappoli Corbarino cherry tomato seeds, from organic farming
Pack size, fruit, origin, earliness and sowing: data sheet from the seed supplier Kokopelli (ref. P6348), taken on 11/10/2026. Germination time, harvest period and storage are guidelines for mainland France.
Manufacturer and product safety
- Manufacturer
- Association Kokopelli (SIREN 433481124, TVA FR80433481124)
- Postal address
- 7 route de Sabarat, Forêt de Castagnès, 09290 Le Mas-d'Azil, France
- Contact
- Formulaire de contact : https://kokopelli-semences.fr/fr/faq/ (aucune adresse e-mail publique) ; téléphone 05 61 67 69 87
- Website
- kokopelli-semences.fr
Information provided under Regulation (EU) 2023/988 on general product safety.
Compare the four varieties
Four farmhouse tomatoes, in the same packet format. What changes is the size of the fruit, its colour and what you will do with it in the kitchen.
From the large fruit to the cherry truss
A truss is cut in one go, while a large fruit is picked one at a time. Choose according to what you will do with the harvest.
| Red Tomato Seeds "Jupiter"Your choice | Yellow Belgium Tomato SeedsYour choice | Recommended Grappoli Corbarino Cherry Tomato SeedsYour choice | Yellow Plum Cherry Tomato SeedsYour choice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The fruit | ||||
| Size | Medium to large, 80 to 230 g | Large, 150 to 300 g | Cherry type, in clusters of 7 to 10 | Cherry, 20 to 30 g |
| Colour at maturity | Red | Orange-yellow | Dark red | Lemon yellow |
| Shape | Round, slightly flattened | Round | As a plum | As a plum |
| Best use | Sauces and preserves | Slices and carpaccios | Drying and jarring | Nibbles and salads |
| The growing | ||||
| Earliness | Mid-season | Mid-season | Early | Mid-season |
| Growth | Indeterminate | Indeterminate | Indeterminate | Indeterminate |
| Variety origin | France | United States | Italy | United States |
| The sachet | ||||
| Seeds per packet | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Open-pollinated seeds | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Red Tomato Seeds "Jupiter"
The fruit
SizeMedium to large, 80 to 230 g
Colour at maturityRed
ShapeRound, slightly flattened
Best useSauces and preserves
The growing
EarlinessMid-season
GrowthIndeterminate
Variety originFrance
The sachet
Seeds per packet35
Open-pollinated seedsYes
Yellow Belgium Tomato Seeds
The fruit
SizeLarge, 150 to 300 g
Colour at maturityOrange-yellow
ShapeRound
Best useSlices and carpaccios
The growing
EarlinessMid-season
GrowthIndeterminate
Variety originUnited States
The sachet
Seeds per packet35
Open-pollinated seedsYes
Grappoli Corbarino Cherry Tomato SeedsRecommended
The fruit
SizeCherry type, in clusters of 7 to 10
Colour at maturityDark red
ShapeAs a plum
Best useDrying and jarring
The growing
EarlinessEarly
GrowthIndeterminate
Variety originItaly
The sachet
Seeds per packet35
Open-pollinated seedsYes
Yellow Plum Cherry Tomato Seeds
The fruit
SizeCherry, 20 to 30 g
Colour at maturityLemon yellow
ShapeAs a plum
Best useNibbles and salads
The growing
EarlinessMid-season
GrowthIndeterminate
Variety originUnited States
The sachet
Seeds per packet35
Open-pollinated seedsYes
Size, colour, shape, earliness and seed count: data sheets from the seed company Kokopelli, recorded on 11/10/2026.
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Frequently asked questions
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Growing calendar
Reference points for mainland France, to be shifted by approximately two weeks depending on your region.
| Stage | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedlings under cover3 months | Seedlings under cover: no | Seedlings under cover in February | Seedlings under cover in March | Seedlings under cover in April | Seedlings under cover: no | Seedlings under cover: no | Seedlings under cover: no | Seedlings under cover: no | Seedlings under cover: no | Seedlings under cover: no | Seedlings under cover: no | Seedlings under cover: no |
| Transplanting2 months | Transplanting: no | Transplanting: no | Transplanting: no | Transplanting: no | Transplanting in May | Transplanting in June | Transplanting: no | Transplanting: no | Transplanting: no | Transplanting: no | Transplanting: no | Transplanting: no |
| Training3 months | Training: no | Training: no | Training: no | Training: no | Training: no | Training in June | Training in July | Training in August | Training: no | Training: no | Training: no | Training: no |
| Harvesting the bunches4 months | Harvesting the bunches: no | Harvesting the bunches: no | Harvesting the bunches: no | Harvesting the bunches: no | Harvesting the bunches: no | Harvesting the bunches: no | Harvesting the bunches in July | Harvesting the bunches in August | Harvesting the bunches in September | Harvesting the bunches in October | Harvesting the bunches: no | Harvesting the bunches: no |
KeySeedlings under coverTransplantingTrainingHarvesting the bunches
This month
October
Growing guidance
- Seedling depth
- 0.5 to 1 cmCover lightly, then firm down
- Germination temperature
- 16 to 20 °C
- Germination time
- 6 to 10 days
- Nursery time
- 5 weeks
- Spacing
- At least 50 cmBetween two plants, along the row
- Fruits per truss
- 7 to 10The whole cluster is cut with secateurs
- Fruit shape
- Plum-shaped, dark red
- Earliness
- EarlyHarvested before mid-season varieties
- pH in aquaponics
- 6.4 to 7A compromise between fish, bacteria and plants
- Seed storage
- About 4 yearsDry and away from light
What you need to know
- Cut the whole cluster with secateurs rather than picking the fruits one by one. The last fruits finish ripening indoors, and the cluster can be handled without damaging the calyces.
- Never pull on a fruit to detach it. You take the calyx with it and open a door to rot.
- Drying is done cut side up, with a pinch of salt to help draw the water out of the flesh.
- Ordinary training is enough. A truss of 7 to 10 small fruits weighs far less than a large-calibre tomato, and needs neither netting nor individual support.
- Grow the plant on two stems and pinch out the lower side shoots while they are only a few centimetres long. The foliage stays airy and the trusses easy to reach.
- In aquaponics, a cherry tomato is the easiest fruiting plant to start with, on a system that has been running for 2 to 3 months and a deep media bed.
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