Can anyone recommend any varieties of really small sweet tomatoes
suitable for growing in hanging baskets?

I've just set some seeds that I thought were suitable "Sweet Baby" as
the seed packet describes them as small and sweet but the packet didn't
mention where they are to be grown. A little web search tells me they
grow 3 to 5 feet high! Not at all suitable for hanging baskets.

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On 14/3/09 13:48, in article ,
"David in Normandy" wrote:

Can anyone recommend any varieties of really small sweet tomatoes
suitable for growing in hanging baskets?

I've just set some seeds that I thought were suitable "Sweet Baby" as
the seed packet describes them as small and sweet but the packet didn't
mention where they are to be grown. A little web search tells me they
grow 3 to 5 feet high! Not at all suitable for hanging baskets.

We use Tumbler here and people eat them like sweeties!
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Sacha wrote:
On 14/3/09 13:48, in article ,
"David in Normandy" wrote:

Can anyone recommend any varieties of really small sweet tomatoes
suitable for growing in hanging baskets?

I've just set some seeds that I thought were suitable "Sweet Baby" as
the seed packet describes them as small and sweet but the packet
didn't mention where they are to be grown. A little web search tells
me they grow 3 to 5 feet high! Not at all suitable for hanging
baskets.

We use Tumbler here and people eat them like sweeties!

Noted

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Can anyone recommend any varieties of really small sweet tomatoes
suitable for growing in hanging baskets?

Tumbling Tom, Tumbler and - er - forgotten the one I grew last year -
I'll post if I can remember...

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On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:48:38 +0100, David in Normandy
wrote:

Can anyone recommend any varieties of really small sweet tomatoes
suitable for growing in hanging baskets?

I've just set some seeds that I thought were suitable "Sweet Baby" as
the seed packet describes them as small and sweet but the packet didn't
mention where they are to be grown. A little web search tells me they
grow 3 to 5 feet high! Not at all suitable for hanging baskets.

Tumbler are probably the best choice but I have found that unsupported
Gardeners Delight to be OK in baskets.

Steve

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On 14/3/09 14:55, in article
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Can anyone recommend any varieties of really small sweet tomatoes
suitable for growing in hanging baskets?

Tumbling Tom, Tumbler and - er - forgotten the one I grew last year -
I'll post if I can remember...

We're doing Tumbling Tom as well this year but obviously, I can't comment on
it yet.
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Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:48:38 +0100, David in Normandy
wrote:

Can anyone recommend any varieties of really small sweet tomatoes
suitable for growing in hanging baskets?

I've just set some seeds that I thought were suitable "Sweet Baby" as
the seed packet describes them as small and sweet but the packet didn't
mention where they are to be grown. A little web search tells me they
grow 3 to 5 feet high! Not at all suitable for hanging baskets.

Tumbler are probably the best choice but I have found that unsupported
Gardeners Delight to be OK in baskets.

Steve


Hmmm. If Gardeners Delight work unsupported, I wonder if the Sweet Baby
ones I've already bought would work unsupported or if they would have a
tendency to snap?

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Sacha wrote:
On 14/3/09 13:48, in article ,
"David in Normandy" wrote:

Can anyone recommend any varieties of really small sweet tomatoes
suitable for growing in hanging baskets?

I've just set some seeds that I thought were suitable "Sweet Baby" as
the seed packet describes them as small and sweet but the packet didn't
mention where they are to be grown. A little web search tells me they
grow 3 to 5 feet high! Not at all suitable for hanging baskets.

We use Tumbler here and people eat them like sweeties!

I'll have a look for Tumbler in the garden centre. From the other posts
mentioning the variety, it seems popular.

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On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:55:18 +0100, David in Normandy
wrote:

Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:48:38 +0100, David in Normandy
wrote:

Can anyone recommend any varieties of really small sweet tomatoes
suitable for growing in hanging baskets?

I've just set some seeds that I thought were suitable "Sweet Baby" as
the seed packet describes them as small and sweet but the packet didn't
mention where they are to be grown. A little web search tells me they
grow 3 to 5 feet high! Not at all suitable for hanging baskets.

Tumbler are probably the best choice but I have found that unsupported
Gardeners Delight to be OK in baskets.

Steve


Hmmm. If Gardeners Delight work unsupported, I wonder if the Sweet Baby
ones I've already bought would work unsupported or if they would have a
tendency to snap?

I don't know about Sweet Baby. The Gardeners Delight were hanging from
a wooden window box and two large plastic baskets. They may snap on
the sharp edges of wire baskets.

Steve

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"David in Normandy" wrote
Can anyone recommend any varieties of really small sweet tomatoes suitable
for growing in hanging baskets?

Garden Pearl (aka Gartenperle) and Sub Arctic Plenty. I didn't have any
success last year with Sub Arctic, but the Garden Pearl were okay, producing
lots of tiny little toms.

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On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:48:38 +0100, David in Normandy
wrote:

Can anyone recommend any varieties of really small sweet tomatoes
suitable for growing in hanging baskets?

I've just set some seeds that I thought were suitable "Sweet Baby" as
the seed packet describes them as small and sweet but the packet didn't
mention where they are to be grown. A little web search tells me they
grow 3 to 5 feet high! Not at all suitable for hanging baskets.

Tumbler are probably the best choice but I have found that unsupported
Gardeners Delight to be OK in baskets.

I've heard that Pixie work, as well, but I'd never recommend them for flavour.

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I'll have a look for Tumbler in the garden centre. From the other posts
mentioning the variety, it seems popular.

They're pretty OK.

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Poundland has 'gro-bags' with Tumbling Tom seeds.

OK, not for someone who can source a packet, compost, pots &c and then
plant them, but for someone who wants a few tomato plants - ideal.

Bag contains growing medium and *FIVE* whole "hand-picked" seeds.

Just snip off the top of the bag and add water...

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Poundland has 'gro-bags' with Tumbling Tom seeds.

OK, not for someone who can source a packet, compost, pots &c and then
plant them, but for someone who wants a few tomato plants - ideal.

Bag contains growing medium and *FIVE* whole "hand-picked" seeds.

Just snip off the top of the bag and add water...

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Going off topic a little:

Did you know that British Sugar is the largest grower of round tomatoes in
the UK and it happens in Norfolk?
http://www.britishsugar.co.uk/RVEcb3...7e8e268,,.aspx

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Did you know that British Sugar is the largest grower of round tomatoes in
the UK and it happens in Norfolk?
http://www.britishsugar.co.uk/RVEcb3...7e8e268,,.aspx

Yes, and I regularly buy big bags of them for very little.

Without visiting the URL I can state that they are excellent, and
actually have flavour, and if you have ever driven by settlement lagoons
by a (beet) sugar factory, you'll understand how they are so productive.

Waste heat and waste materials combine to help the plants grow to a
height (I am informed) of around sixteen feet.

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