tomato 'Gartenperle'
cherry tomato Garden Pearl
- Position: full sun
- Soil: humus-rich, moisture retentive soil
With fruits hanging down in clusters like scarlet jewels this is one of the prettiest cherry tomatoes you can grow, and ideal for hanging baskets or containers on a sunny patio. Plants are compact and trouble-free, cascading attractively over the sides of your pots and quickly smothered in bite-sized sweet red fruits. To make sure hanging baskets get enough water mix a handful or two of water-retaining gel into the compost when planting. - Growing Instructions:Sow in a frost-free greenhouse or windowsill, potting on seedlings individually as they grow. Once all danger of frost has passed, harden plants off and plant into hanging baskets or large containers of good-quality compost: allow one plant to a 35cm container. Keep well-watered and feed weekly with liquid tomato feed once flowers form.
- Sow: January-March
- Harvest: August-September
- Approximate quantity: 25 seeds.
Levington tomorite
Levington tomorite
For full flavoured, fabulous tomatoes, and also one of the best bedding feeds
mixed oriental leaves
mixed oriental spicy leaves
A tangy blend of pak choi, mizuna and perilla
Upside down tomato planter
Upside down tomato planter
Ideal for growing cucumbers, peppers, courgettes, aubergines, etc.
celery 'Golden Self Blanching'
celery
A dwarf variety
lettuce 'Little Gem'
lettuce (cos)
A crisp, sweet and tasty cos lettuce
tomato 'Costoluto Fiorentino'
beefsteak tomato
Medium-large, old-fashioned, mishapen, heavy, ribbed beef tomato from Florence.
Grow-bag cane frame set
Grow-bag cane frame set
Helps suppprting heavy tomato crops
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