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Tomato Information
Tomato
Lycopersicon esculentum
Commonly grown by many gardeners, thousands of varieties of all different shapes, colours and sizes. Don't plant Tomatoes in the same soil two years running as it can cause a build up of diseases
Moon Planting Type: Fruit
Soil Type: Loam
Aspect: South-facing
Light: Full Sun
Hardiness: Not Hardy
Moisture: Well-drained
pH: Neutral (6.6 - 7.3)
Height:
Spread:
Tomato Growing Notes
Sowing
Sow in pots in early to mid spring, and then plant out into grow bags, beds, or greenhouses in mid to late spirng.
Pruning & Thining
Support the plants as they grow and pinch out the tops when they get to the top of the supports. Keep well watered on a regular basis, and feed every couple off weeks. Remove side shoots.
Harvesting
Pick and eat when ripe. Late ripening plants can be laid down and covered with cloches to protect from frosts.
Tomato Varieties
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A vigorous-growing, outstandingly sweet-flavoured variety, providing an abundance of orange, cherry-sized fruit. Can be harvested into the new year in a cool greenhouse. Ideal for greenhouse or outdoo...more£2.95
Tomato Gardener's Delight - Suttons character-based seed packets feature educationally based 'fun facts' including fascinating information on the origins of these plants and how they are used. There a...more£1.10
A compact-growing beefsteak variety that performed marvellously in our trials, producing large fruit up to 0.4 kg (14 oz) in weight. The pink flesh is particularly delicious and contains few seeds....more£1.85
An early ripening, high yielding variety with medium sized fruits of superb taste. Ideal for growing in an unheated greenhouse. Resistant to Fusarium, Verticillium and T.M.V. F1 Hybrid variety....more£3.30
A tasty, early ripening continental type with plum-shaped fruits. The fruits have a meaty texture and can be peeled if preferred. Use fresh, for frying or in soups, pastes, sauces, and bottling. Shows...more£2.85
Impressive trusses with up to 35 sweet fruits per cluster. High in lycopene (which recent research suggests may help protect against certain cancers). Good resistance to Fusarium Wilt and to fruit spl...more£3.30
A superb early Potato-leaved variety with an outstanding taste (thought to be better than ordinary-leaved varieties), producing a heavy crop of medium-sized, round fruits - approximately 70gms. Very l...more£1.30
A popular variety, maturing early and producing an excellent crop of medium sized fleshy fruits of fine flavour. Succeeds well in soil or growing bags. RHS Award of Garden Merit....more£1.55
An exceptional Beefsteak variety, producing strong-growing plants with good disease resistance, that will provide a heavy crop of superb quality, well-shaped flavoursome fruit over a long season. Idea...more£3.95
This vigorous, easy-to-grow heirloom variety is like no tomato you've ever seen before! Perfect for baskets, window boxes or raised patio containers, the cascading plants live up to their name, produc...more£2.85
A deliciously flavoured variety, ideal for outdoor growing, bearing a good crop of round fruits up to 200g in weight. Good Blight tolerance helps ensure that the leaves stay green and healthy! Shows r...more£3.30
Continental outdoor variety. Large, irregular fruits with firm flesh and few seeds. Distinctive flavour. Not recommended for growing under glass....more£1.55
Medium-sized yellow fruits. Distinctive flavour. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner....more£1.85
They combine a habit that makes them perfect for growing in patio containers and hanging baskets, with a taste that is simply the best! The cherry sized orange/red fruit are produced in profusion thro...more£2.85
With all the attributes of its red brother, this outstanding trailing variety tastes equally delicious, and looks as attractive on the patio as it does on the plate!...more£2.85
A robust-growing, early ripening variety, producing healthy plants that become laden in an abundance of mouth-watering, olive-shaped, deep red fruit. RHS Award of Garden Merit. Small/Cherry Fruited....more£2.85
Matures early, and crops heavily on short jointed plants. Nicely shaped fruits of fine quality. Resistant to T.M.V., leaf mould and Fusarium. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. F1 Hybrid variety, resis...more£4.45
A heavy cropping variety, producing luscious, shiny, red cherry-sized fruit that are very sweet and keep well over a long period. Ideal for the greenhouse or a sunny patio. RHS Award of Garden Merit w...more£2.45
Popular variety producing medium-sized fruits. Outdoor bush variety....more£1.55
Heavy cropping with long trusses of small size fruits which are extremely sweet in flavour. Usually grown outdoors or in containers on the patio. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner....more£1.85
Enjoy that authentic Italian taste...four scrumptious varieties for a greenhouse or sunny patio, plus tasty basil too! Varieties included: Ciliegia - Masses of bite-sized fruit; San Marzano 2 ...more£3.95
Pack contains 1 mat each of: Gardener's Delight - Heavy cropping with long trusses of small size fruits which are extremely sweet in flavour; Moneymaker - One of the most popular varieties in cultivat...more£2.45
Heavy cropping with long trusses of small size fruits which are extremely sweet in flavour. Usually grown outdoors or in containers on the patio....more£2.10
Tomatoes are an ever-popular plant to grow and Tomato Moneymaker is is of the most popular varieties. Now available as an organic seed, Moneymaker produces a heavy crop of medium-sized fruits. Resista...more£1.85
A tasty stripy variety that is great for stuffing! Origin - South America....more£2.45
Maybe the best cooking tomato in the world! Great raw too. Origin - Italy....more£1.35
A delicious beefsteak variety, ideal for slicing, frying and pictures Get a bumber crop of tasty fruit with our Turbo Tomatoes! Why are they called Turbo? We have taken five varieties of the tastiest...more£9.95
A delicious beefsteak variety, ideal for slicing, frying and pictures Get a bumber crop of tasty fruit with our Turbo Tomatoes! Why are they called Turbo? We have taken five varieties of the tastiest...more£9.95
An exceptionally tasty and extremely attractive orange plum quality Get a bumber crop of tasty fruit with our Turbo Tomatoes! Why are they called Turbo? We have taken five varieties of the tastiest t...more£9.95
An exceptionally tasty and extremely attractive orange plum quality Get a bumber crop of tasty fruit with our Turbo Tomatoes! Why are they called Turbo? We have taken five varieties of the tastiest t...more£9.95
A superb new variety, similar to the bestselling 'Alicante', but producing heavier, earlier crops of medium-sized fruit with a flavour that is absolutely out of this world! Can be grown outdoors or in...more£3.95
A superb new variety, similar to the bestselling 'Alicante', but producing heavier, earlier crops of medium-sized fruit with a flavour that is absolutely out of this world! Can be grown outdoors or in...more£7.95
A popular variety, maturing early and producing an excellent crop of medium sized fleshy fruits of fine flavour. Succeeds well in soil, or growing bags. Grow under glass or outdoors. Award of Garden M...more£6.95
A popular variety, maturing early and producing an excellent crop of medium sized fleshy fruits of fine flavour. Succeeds well in soil, or growing bags. Grow under glass or outdoors. Award of Garden M...more£6.95
This amazing variety is like no tomato we've ever seen before! Perfect for hanging baskets, window boxes or raised patio containers, the cascading plants live up to their name, producing literally tho...more£6.95
This amazing variety is like no tomato we've ever seen before! Perfect for hanging baskets, window boxes or raised patio containers, the cascading plants live up to their name, producing literally tho...more£10.95
Homegrown juicy tomatoes and sweet red peppers - £19.90 (plus p&p = £23.85) - just add water and sunshine. This unique kit contains - 3 growbags with compost, 9 plants and full growing instructions ...more£19.90
A dwarf, compact variety whose small round fruit have delicious sweet flesh and show good tolerance to cracking....more£6.95
Collection comprises 5 plants (1 of each variety): Conchita - A superb large cherry tomato with fine flavour. Gives huge crops on trusses bearing as many as 20 fruits; Dasher - One of the tastiest new...more£14.95
Collection comprises 5 plants (1 of each variety): Conchita - A superb large cherry tomato with fine flavour. Gives huge crops on trusses bearing as many as 20 fruits; Dasher - One of the tastiest new...more£14.95
A superb large cherry tomato with fine flavour. Gives huge crops on trusses bearing as many as 20 fruits. Get a bumber crop of tasty fruit with our Turbo Tomatoes! Why are they called Turbo? We have t...more£9.95
One of the tastiest new mini plum varieties giving a good crop of very sweet fruits. Get a bumber crop of tasty fruit with our Turbo Tomatoes! Why are they called Turbo? We have taken five varieties o...more£9.95
A vigorous growing variety, producing good trusses of standard size tomatoes of fine colour and delicious flavour. Get a bumber crop of tasty fruit with our Turbo Tomatoes! Why are they called Turbo? ...more£9.95
A vigorous growing variety, producing good trusses of standard size tomatoes of fine colour and delicious flavour. Get a bumber crop of tasty fruit with our Turbo Tomatoes! Why are they called Turbo? ...more£9.95
SAVE £3.95 on this Twin Pack comprising 10 plants (5 of each variety): Tumbling Tom Red - The first truly trailing tomato! Perfect for growing in patio containers and hanging baskets, with a tas...more£10.95
With all the attributes of its red brother, this trailing variety tastes equally delicious....more£7.45
The first truly trailing tomato! Perfect for growing in patio containers and hanging baskets, with a taste that is simply the best! The cherry sized orange/red fruit are produced in profusion all summ...more£7.45
Highly disease resistant, Cherry Belle can be used for conventional growing or for organic production. Plant vigour is strong and the fruits are produced early in the season. For the greenhouse or a s...more£6.95
A heavy crop of excellent quality, well-shaped, delicious-tasting fruit over a long season. Ideal for slicing in salads or for frying. Can be grown in a greenhouse or on a south-facing patio. Good dis...more£6.95
Tomato Gardener's Delight - Everything you need to get the kids growing in just one small pot! Pot contains a peat pot, 'magic' compost black, seed and fun facts sheet. Ideal for starting on the windo...more£0.99
Perfect for beginner gardeners, but equally handy for experts too, our seed growing kits each contain a growing tray, plastic propagator lid, three superb seed varieties (Marmande, Alicante & Gardener...more£2.99
A unique balance of rapidly soluble nutrients, with natural seaweed extract to promote heavy, healthy crops of full flavoured tomatoes. (NPK 10:10:24 plus magnesium, calcium trace elements & seaweed e...more£6.95
A unique balance of rapidly soluble nutrients, with natural seaweed extract to promote heavy, healthy crops of full flavoured tomatoes. (NPK 10:10:24 plus magnesium, calcium, trace elements & seaweed ...more£6.95
The hassle-free way to bumper crops of delicious cherry tomatoes! Kit comprises: Easy 2 Grow Irrigation Kit - An ingenious gravity fed system that waters and feeds plants for weeks without the need f...more£43.95
An excellent variety for exhibition. This variety produces meaty delicious fruits early to set and ripen when grown under glass. Best grown in the greenhouse or a sunny spot outside. Requires Suppor...more£2.99
The ever popular beefsteak can produce fruits up to 0.5dg (1lb) in weight. Perfect for sandwiches and wonderful grilled as part of a cooked breakfast Big Boy is hard to beat....more£2.49
A window box hanging basket or patio tub is all you need for this cascading tomato to produce a heavy crop of delicious small to medium sized fruits. Surprise and delight visitors to your home with th...more£1.99
An excellent all rounder with high yields of medium sized top quality fruits of excellent flavour. Disease resistant and a prolific cropper....more£2.99
A popular tomato with a simply outstanding flavour. An outdoor variety with a compact habit ideal for hanging baskets and patio pots. Produces masses of cherry tomatoes are produced on long trusses a...more£1.49
The large irregularly shaped fruits of Marmande have a great taste and are ideal for cooking sandwiches and salads. A favourite in the Mediterranean it usually performs well in British conditions....more£1.29
Up to 2.5kg (5lb) of small tasty tomatoes from every plant is what Red Alert gives and you do not even need a greenhouse because it is an outdoor bush type. It really is a superb variety and one we st...more£1.99
This greenhouse tomato is hard to beat and has rapidly established itself as the nation's favourite. The plants are heavy cropping robust and disease resistant and the good sized fruits have a lovely ...more£3.49
Very sweet and tasty the bite size rich orange fruits are borne on long heavy trusses and stay in good condition for several weeks. Equally reliable whether grown outdoors or in a greenhouse Sungold h...more£2.99
Living up to its name Sweet Million produces masses of small round richly coloured fruits whether in a greenhouse or grown outdoors. Expect up to 50 delicious cherry tomatoes per truss....more£2.49
This 'cherry' tomato looks more like an olive but has a wonderful sweet flavour all of its own. It crops heavily outdoors or in a greenhouse and the taste is extremely "moreish"! We can thoroughly rec...more£2.99
Be the first to try this brand new type of tomato. The tasty fruits look just like glossy strawberries! A real talking novelty when used in salads and cooking. Exceptionally sweet fruits are freely pr...more£3.49
The standard greenhouse variety 'par excellence'.A relatively compact early maturing variety yielding a reliable crop of sweet tomatoes. Does well in an unheated greenhouse. Despatched mid/late April....more£3.95
The standard greenhouse variety 'par excellence'.A relatively compact early maturing variety yielding a reliable crop of sweet tomatoes.Does well in an unheated greenhouse.Despatched mid/late April....more£5.95
Our Greenhouse Tomato Collection includes 3 plants each of:Garden Pearl - A high-yielding self-branching variety which produces an abundance of cherry-sized fruits over a long summer season!Shirley - ...more£7.85
Specially bred for containers this is a high yielding self-branching variety with a neat compact habit. Produces an abundance of cherry-sized fruits over a long summer season. Can be grown in a hangin...more£3.95
Specially bred for containers this is a high yielding self-branching variety with a neat compact habit. Produces an abundance of cherry-sized fruits over a long summer season. Can be grown in a hangin...more£5.95
Really easy-to-grow cherry tomato with an excellent fruit set so you are sure of a huge crop of bite-sized extra sweet fruits. Despatched mid/late April....more£3.95
Really easy-to-grow cherry tomato with an excellent fruit set so you are sure of a huge crop of bite-sized extra sweet fruits. Despatched mid/late April....more£5.95
An exceptionally sweet and delicious outdoor cherry tomato. Each bite sized fruit is packed full of old fashioned true tomato taste. Late April despatch for picking throughout the summer....more£3.95
An exceptionally sweet and delicious outdoor cherry tomato. Each bite sized fruit is packed full of old fashioned true tomato taste. Late April despatch for picking throughout the summer....more£5.95
A classic continental 'beefsteak' variety. Very early crop of large meaty irregular shaped fruit that are great for grilling frying or eating raw in summer salads.Late April despatch for picking from ...more£3.95
A classic continental 'beefsteak' variety. Very early crop of large meaty irregular shaped fruit that are great for grilling frying or eating raw in summer salads.Late April despatch for picking from ...more£5.95
Our Outdoor tomato collection includes 3 Plants each of:Gardener's Delight - An exceptionally sweet and delicious outdoor cherry tomato. Packed full of old fashioned true tomato taste!Moneymaker - Pro...more£7.85
An old established but still popular variety that's hard to beat for good all-round indoor/outdoor cultivation. Produces heavy crops of medium sized fruits over a long season. Late April despatch for ...more£3.95
An old established but still popular variety that's hard to beat for good all-round indoor/outdoor cultivation.Produces heavy crops of medium sized fruits over a long season. Late April despatch for p...more£5.95
