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Description

Growing your own fruit and vegetables is extremely rewarding and this heavy cropping, super-sweet, large cherry tomato is the perfect choice for both beginners and experienced growers. 'Gardeners Delight' can be reliably grown in either a greenhouse or outdoors, producing trailing vines with approximately 10-14 fruits per truss throughout the summer months. Cropping from early summer through to October, this tomato plant will reward with sweet and rich fruits with lovely and glossy red skins. Easy to grow, all you need is a warm windowsill for the seeds to germinate and seedlings usually appear within 7-14 days. Once they are big enough to grow on, they can be transplanted into moist but well-drained, fertile soil or compost. They will require a sturdy support and some pinching out to encourage a tall, upright central stem. Delivered as a pack of approx. 75 seeds. Sow indoors from January - April.

Top Tips

This variety does well outside and can be grown in large patio pots with support to keep branches off the ground.
Side shoots do not need to be pinched but doing so will encourage a more upright habit and produce higher yields and larger fruit.

Care Information

How to grow �Gardener�s Delight� Tomato

For greenhouse crops sow indoors; a warm kitchen windowsill is all you need for starting these seeds.
Sow 0.5cm (�in) deep, thinly in a pot of compost.
Water well and place in a warm position. A temperature of 15-20�C (60-68�F) is ideal.
Keep moist. Seedlings usually appear in 7-14 days.
Transplant to individual pots when 10-15cm (4-6in) tall. Grow on in cooler, but not cold conditions.
Plant out in April to May, to large pots, growing bags or greenhouse border.
Provide support, pinch outside shoots regularly and pinch out growing tip after 5-6 trusses have set.
For outdoor crops, delay indoor sowing until March or April.
Gradually accustom plants to outside conditions (avoid frosts), before planting out 45cm (18in) apart, when frosts are over.
Harvest from August onwards.

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.

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