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Description

Growing your own fruit and vegetables is extremely rewarding and this heavy cropping, super-sweet, cherry tomato is a great place to start for both novice and experienced growers. Cherry Tomatoes are extremely versatile, and 'Tumbling Tom' are one of the easiest varieties you can grow, perfect for planting in a tall planter or in hanging baskets where delicious fruits will cascade over the edges from July to October. With a super sweet flavour these classic red and eye-catching yellow tomatoes are great for adding to your favourite dishes or eating straight from the vine. Delivered as 12 plugs plants (6 red plants and 6 yellow plant), ready to grow on before planting out.

Top Tips

Fill in gaps in containers with sun-loving herbs such as basil or plant nasturtiums to trail over the sides. You could also add a pepper plant to the middle of your pot or basket for added height and interest.

Care Information

Planting Advice for Tumbling Tomatoes

Once the plants are 10cm tall, they can be planted in the hanging basket or container, ideally using 1 plant for a 25cm basket or 3 in a 35cm basket.
Tomatoes can be planted up into their containers from April onwards, and grown on for a couple of weeks before placing outside after hardening off. Cover plants with horticultural fleece on any unexpectedly cold nights.
Fill containers to within 2-3cm of the rim with moist compost - growing bag compost or our own professional compost is ideal.
Bury the roots deeply (up to first �seed� leaves on the stem) and water well, to settle the compost around them.
Place the containers in a sunny sheltered spot.

Aftercare advice for your tumbling toms

Water regularly to keep the compost moist - at least once a day in hot weather when the plants grow larger.
As soon as fruits start to form, feed the plants regularly with a liquid tomato food.
Remove old leaves as they yellow to let in light and air.

Picking your tomatoes

Let the fruits get really ripe before you pick them to maximise their taste - the first ones should be ready from the end of July.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

For all orders, a small delivery fee of £4.99 will be charged or spend over £49.99 for FREE Delivery!

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