Disease resistant, with very large richly flavoured fruit. Indeterminate (needs support), cool or warm greenhouse. Excellent source of vitamin C and antioxidants. A Best Buy variety as recommended by the Gardening Press and Consumer Groups. Tomato Technically a fruit, but also Britain’s favourite summer vegetable! No surprise because nothing you buy beats the flavour of home-grown tomatoes.
Sow indoors, a warm kitchen windowsill is all you need for starting these seeds. Sow 0.5cm (1/4”) 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 (4-6”) tall. Grow on in cooler, but not cold conditions. Plant out to large pots, growing bags or greenhouse border. Provide support, pinch out side shoots regularly and pinch out growing tip after six trusses have set. For best results provide a regular liquid feed.
Show judges look for shapely, ripe but firm fruits with unmarked skin and with their calyces (stalks) still attached.