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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: campanula on March 11, 2018, 14:51:16
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With vast apologies for only posting when I have an urgent question (at least I know where to come), I am really keen to grow cherry tomatoes which grow in a neat paired truss of opposite placed fruits...rather than a bunch. I find picking ripe tomatoes out of a cluster to be infuriating as my clumsy fingers almost invariably pull unripe ones off the stalk in my pursuit of the riper ones. I grow about 60 plants as I make a lot of ketchup and passata so I am always in a bit of a rush.
Anyway, I had high hopes for Chadwick Cherry last year but they turned out to be bunching types while Sungold, which does grow in paired vines, is really far too thin-skinned for my needs. Any suggestions.
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I've always used Sungold for passata and Tomato and Chill sauce which sells really well.
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tomberry is one of my favorites
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(http://www.thegardenersalmanac.co.uk/Content/T/Tomato/TomatoPics/21-20130713_101122.jpg)
Gardeners Delight
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I was thinking of Gardeners delight too
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Garnet may suit you.
A little darker than most but a nice spread of fruit.
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Cheers, Folks,
Yep, GD and Sungold were my obvious thoughts too...but GD grows to Amazon proportions and Sungold has real issues with splitting (I garden in semi-arid East Anglia) so any supplemental water causes immediate bursting out of their skins.
Garnet looks very promising indeed...and I particularly like the spread of fruit for easier picking. Seeds from where?
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Suttons (http://www.suttons.co.uk/Gardening/Vegetable+Seeds/Popular+Vegetable+Seeds/Tomato+Seeds/Tomato+Seeds+-+Garnet_182480.htm)
Although I think I got mine from T&M
Edit - the ever brilliant Nickys Nursery (https://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/product_info.php/tomato-seeds-garnet-seeds-veg804-p-7413) has them and cheaper!
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got mine from t&m