Justly awarded an AGM this is one of Britains (and our) most popular tomatoes. It produces reliable heavy crops of smooth, medium sized fruits with a good flavour, maturing quite early. If you have not grown toms before this is one of the best varieties to start out with. Indeterminate. Price for 12 seeds

Each compact plant bears masses of tasty, small, red cherry fruits. A perfect variety for smaller growing spaces: ideal in a favourite pot on the patio or on a window ledge, fill a window box for a feast of flavour.  Determinate. Price for 12 seeds.

This variety has a famously well deserved reputation for its fine flavour. The fruits are medium sized and bright red. This variety is can crop from 9 weeks after transplanting. This heirloom, originating from Scotland is vigorous, reliable and well suited to growing outdoors or in a greenhouse. Indeterminate. 

Once bitten you will always want more of this exceptionally richly flavoured irresistible little tom. The sweet and juicy 1” fruits are produced in abundance all summer long on the large and vigorous plants. Simply stunning: we grow this for ourselves year after year. Indeterminate 

SOW: about 6-8 weeks before the last frost is expected, into modules (cover or put on a windowsill). We transplant to pots when large enough to handle and grow on until ready to harden off and plant after frost danger has passed.

GROW: plant in the greenhouse or in a sunny sheltered part of your garden. For the best flavour keep soil evenly damp (try not to over-water or overfeed). Black Cherry, being indeterminate, will grow tall and will need supporting. It will bloom, set new fruit and ripen fruit all at the same time throughout the season.

EAT: Simply stunning and irresistible.

This is an unusual potato leafed heirloom with a full, rich, mouth-watering flavour. Alongside that flavour are deep red fruits that vary in size from cherry up to large although most are medium salad sized.  It is also early into fruit and copes well outdoors and with cooler weather. Price for 12 seeds. Indeterminate.

Oh wow, unique yellow fruits with red/orange flame colouration on the outside giving a marvellous marbled interior with those same flames shooting through.  Buffalosun F1 is a BLIGHT RESISTANT beefsteak ideal for growing in the open or undercover in the UK with the bonus of heirloom-like and flavour.  Indeterminate

Price for 6 seeds

SOW: can be sown from January to April, seed depth 5mm (early sowings like 18-21°C in a propagator or put on a windowsill).  Transplant when large enough to handle and pot on.  For outdoor growing harden off and plant after frost danger has passed.

GROW: plant in the greenhouse or in a sunny sheltered part of your garden.  For the best flavour keep soil evenly damp and don’t overfeed.  For the best crop pinch out the side shoots and grow as a cordon with support.  If outside nip out the growing tip when 4 or 5 trusses have set

EAT:   sweet & tender flesh, fruits can weigh 250-350g in size but can reach up to 750g.  Ideal for slicing and grilling 

Imagine trusses of up to 20 cherry tomatoes, each with the perfect balance of sweetness and acidity for a delectable flavour, on plants that have a tolerance to blight.  Imagine no more simply select Cherrola to enjoy all this.  Indeterminate.

Cherry Falls F1 has a wonderful cascading habit making this a top choice for hanging baskets and container growing. It is compact yet produces heavy trusses of deep cherry red cherry sized fruits! Sweet and tangy flavour.  Determinate

Price for 6 seeds

Once the stems become laden with fruit they can get quite heavy and may require a little bit of support to prevent them breaking – some soft ties are perfect for this (make your own from old tights). 

Being determinate Cherry Falls produce a flush of ripe fruit over a 4-5 week period.  There is no need to remove sideshoots however they should develop roots easily if you pot them up as soon as they are removed… this will give you some additional plants that will fruit slightly later – these ‘free’ plants will extend your harvest with even more toms

Clementine produces big trusses of little golden-yellow/orange fruits… you could say clementine coloured! These lovely fruits, 5-10g, have a sweet-tart flavour with a hint of citrus.  The plants are a good choice for growbags or if you use a grow house as they can be placed a bit closer than other varieties.  Indeterminate

Price for 12 seeds

SOWING FOR SUCCESS TIPS

No tomato can manage any degree of frost – their origins are tropical after all.  So however you start your seeds it is the timing that is the real secret.  And knowing your last expected frost date unlocks that secret: this can range from mid-May for SW costal locations right through to mid-March for central and northern places.  There are frost calculators available on the web and local knowledge is a great help – particularly if you are in a frost pocket or growing on a more northerly aspect. 

Aim to sow your toms about 4-8 weeks before your last frost, potting them on at 4 weeks to give them a boost and more root growth – plus this allows you to coddle them if the weather is cooler than expected.  Be cautious and only start to harden off after you have passed your last expected frost date, keeping a very close eye on the weather, and plan to plant out about 3 weeks after your frost date.  You should have sturdy young plants ready to romp away and reward you with lots of delicious tomatoes.

There are some varieties that are more suited to cooler weather and can be planted earlier with protection.

Indeterminate tomatoes will continue to produce fruit until the first autumn frosts strike.

An outstanding variety that makes a superb slicing tom with its meaty flesh and colour from greeny orange to red. Although the shape can vary it is distinctly different: broader at the base with ribs narrowing at the top. This oxheart beef tom is hard to beat. Indeterminate Price for 12 seeds