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Pictorial Tomato Cherry Baby F1

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Here they come: cascading, jewel-like clusters of delectable ruby-red cherries. Tomatoes bursting with sweetness, light and a tingly-tangy ‘pop’! ‘Cherry Baby’s super productive plants soon mass with dense clusters of up to 350 sweet 28g cuties. Introduced in 2016, keep these sweet, light and tangy tomatoes in a large container or the garden, to keep a healthy snack within arm’s reach.

Approximately 8-10 Seeds

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Useful Information

Sowing & Growing

Sow the tomato seed individually in cell trays, or 2 per plant pot, using a good quality seed compost. Just lightly cover over and keep moist at a temperature of 18C. Seedlings should start showing around 7 days if you can stick to the right temperature. Prick out into 9cm pots once big enough, or thin out the weaker seedling if you have direct sown in a pot. When the plants have reached 2 trues leaves, begin feeding weekly with a weak tomato feed.

Once the plants are 20cm tall, they can be planted in their final positions. Because tomatoes like the warmth you will always get a earlier and bigger crop from greenhouse grown plants. Greenhouse grown plants can be planted April onwards. Plants for outside should be hardened off, before planting out. Plant under cloches in early May, otherwise leave till June and plant out then. Again this will all depend on weather and risk of frost!

Carry on feeding weekly. Increase the strength of the feed as the plant grows. We believe lack of feed is the main reason that people fail in growing a decent crop of tomatoes. In general Nitrogen fertilizer tends to boost growth, and if overdone this can be at the expense of fruit. Potassium is required throughout but especially for fruit development and ripening. Phosphorus is needed mostly for root growth. Feeds should be a balance of these.

Being a cordon variety Tomato Cherry Baby will need support as it grows. String can be used, tied firmly to a strong support wire above and tied loosely around the base of the plant. The plants are then twisted round the string as they grow. The direction of twisting doesn’t matter, but be consistent; otherwise you will untwist the ones you did earlier! Canes can be used, but be careful that heavily loaded plants may slide down unless tied securely. At the same time make sure you don’t strangle the plant stems.

Sideshoots should also be removed regularly before they get large. It should be possible to do this by hand but if they get too big a knife or secateurs should be used. Some leaves may need to be removed if very congested and old leaves should be removed from the bottom of the plant as they begin to age. They should snap out like sideshoots. Doing this will also allow easier picking off ripen fruits and reduce disease risk.

Additional information

Packet Size

Approximately 8-10 Seeds

When to Sow

Late February to May

Expected Height

Can grow up to 180cm tall