tomato 'Red Alert'
cherry tomato
- Position: full sun
- Soil: humus-rich, moisture retentive soil
A super-reliable variety for growing outside in containers or the open ground as it starts setting fruit very early in the season, so even in less-than-perfect summers your toms have enough time to ripen. It's a bush variety, with a compact habit that doesn't need staking or pinching out, producing heavy trusses of large cherry tomatoes with a lovely sweet flavour. - Growing Instructions:Sow seeds into pots of seed compost under cover somewhere frost-free, potting on seedlings individually as they grow. Once all danger of frost has passed, plant into greenhouse borders or into growbags, or harden off and plant into containers on a sunny patio outdoors. Water regularly, keeping the soil moist at all times, and feed weekly once flowers form. Tomatoes are able to develop roots along their stems, so earth up soil at the base of your plants to double their root power and make them more vigorous and productive.
- Sow: January-March
- Harvest: July-September
- Approximate quantity: 25 seeds.
Levington tomorite
Levington tomorite
For full flavoured, fabulous tomatoes, and also one of the best bedding feeds
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 'Marmande'
beefsteak tomato
A wonderful old French heirloom beefsteak
Cut and come again baby leaf collection
baby leaf salad
More taste for your plate - 10 packets of seed for £14.99
Grow-bag cane frame set
Grow-bag cane frame set
Helps suppprting heavy tomato crops
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