tomato (cherry) 'Red Alert'
cherry tomato or Solanum lycopersicum 'Red Alert'
A super-reliable variety for growing outside in containers or the open ground as it starts setting fruit very early in the season, so even in less-than-perfect summers your toms have enough time to ripen.
Tomato 'Red Alert' is a bush variety, with a compact habit that doesn't need staking or pinching out, producing heavy trusses of large cherry tomatoes with a lovely sweet flavour.
Tomato 'Red Alert' is a bush variety, with a compact habit that doesn't need staking or pinching out, producing heavy trusses of large cherry tomatoes with a lovely sweet flavour.
How to care for tomato Red Alert:
Support plants as they grow by tying the main stem to canes or string, and regularly pinch out side-shoots to focus energy into fruiting. Keep soil consistently moist and feed weekly with a high-potash fertiliser once flowers appear.
Towards the end of the season, to help ripen any remaining fruit, lift the plants off supports and lay them flat in a sunny, sheltered spot, ideally under a cloche to retain warmth.
Towards the end of the season, to help ripen any remaining fruit, lift the plants off supports and lay them flat in a sunny, sheltered spot, ideally under a cloche to retain warmth.
Sowing instructions:
From February to May, sow 1cm deep in trays or two seeds per pot selecting the strongest seedling on germination. This takes one to two weeks and is best done at 64°F (18°C), ideally in a heated propagator, or covered with a clear plastic bag and placed on a warm windowsill. Use multi-purpose compost, to cover seeds.
Plant out in a greenhouse from March or outside once the risk of frost has passed.
Plant out in a greenhouse from March or outside once the risk of frost has passed.
Eventual height:
1.2m
Eventual spread:
0.6m
Position:
Full sun
Soil:
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
approx 25 seeds
£2.49
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