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Can grow to about 3ft tall, any suggestions?
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I would recommend Balconi red (the yellow variety has less flavour). I grow mine in 3 litre pots on the windowsill and they grow 1-2ft high. Its a bush variety supposedly not needing staking, but I find a couple of well-placed stakes supporting the main branches do help. I sow mine in February but its not too late now, and I keep them on the windowsill until around the end of June, when the first flush of fruit has ripened. Given a feed, or repotted outside, they will produce a 2nd flush of fruit which can carry on into October with the right weather and lack of blight. The tomatoes are a reasonable size for such a small plant, some of them quite a bit bigger than the average cherry tomato.
Balconi tomatoes on the spare room windowsill last May.
One of the same plants outside in September (this is a yellow one)Last edited by Penellype; 20-03-2017, 09:11 PM.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy -
Lots of bush type tomatoes would be 3ft or less, but they would probably get too big and spread too wide for a windowsill.
You could look at the dwarf varieties:
Red Robin
Tiny Tim
Sweet and Neat Red
Sweet and Neat Yellow
https://www.nickys-nursery.co.uk/pro...b8d3859b788978
https://www.victoriananursery.co.uk/...Seed_Tiny_Tim/
Tomato 'Sweet 'n' Neat Cherry Red' - Tomato Seeds - Thompson & Morgan
https://www.plantsofdistinction.co.u...-n-neat-yellowComment
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I grow either Black cherry or Gardeners delight depending on what didn't fit in the GH on my kitchen window sill trimming the plant when it gets too tall. Found that easier than growing a bush type they just got overall too large.Originally posted by Newbiegrower1970 View PostLocation....East Midlands.Comment
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Try Terenzo great flavour and a semi-bush so a determinate with a good habit for a windowsill.Comment
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Ive got gardeners delight on my window. Seems a good one.If you want to view paradise
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Gardeners Delight is a great all round tomato but being a corden (In-determinate) grows tall and needs to have side shoots removed. Tumbler etc tend to "Tumble" on a window sill and are better for containers and hanging baskets - Terenzo and other determinate varieties that do not tumble are ideally suited for window sill and greenhouse staging. They are easy to grow - a possible downside is they tend to produce fruit in one flush.
Edit: Chris above mentioned sweet and neat I grew them last year and they performed well inside and out a nice flavour but I prefer Terenzo.Last edited by TrysHard; 28-03-2017, 09:00 AM.Comment
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I thought Terenzo were a tumbling type? I hope so, I've got them as my main basket type this year!!He-Pep!Comment
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