Basket/Container (Semi-determinate, trailing type)
A tiny tomato with a big flavour! A Fleuroselect Gold Medal winner, Tomato ‘Tiny Temptations’ produces a constant supply of super-sweet cherry tomatoes. The brightly coloured fruits come in red, yellow and orange and remain on the plant for a long time without easily dropping or bursting. A basket-type, trailing tomato, ‘Tiny Temptations’ produces a cascade of colourful fruits that both look and taste fabulous. Grow this space-saving variety in any type of container close to the back door where you can easily snack upon its sweet fruits straight from the vine. Easy to grow and highly tolerant to both blight and mildew. Height: 40cm (16in). Spread: 15-20cm (6-8cm).
Sowing Information
For greenhouse cultivation: sow from February to April.
For outdoor cultivation: sow from March to April.
Sow seeds on the surface of a good, free-draining, damp, seed sowing mix and cover with a fine sprinkling of compost or vermiculite. Place seed trays in a propagator at a constant temperature of around 15-20C (59-68F) until after germination, which takes 7-14 days. When seedlings gain 2 true leaves, transplant into individual 7.5cm (3″) pots of compost and grow on at a minimum temperature of 15C (59F).
When growing in a heated glasshouse tomato plants may be transplanted at the end of May or when the first flowers are showing, if earlier. Allow 3 plants per growbag, or one per 25cm (10″) pot, or plant tomatoes directly into the greenhouse soil.
When growing tomatoes outdoors, wait until all risk of frost has passed before transplanting tomatoes. Gradually acclimatise them to outdoor conditions over 7 – 10 days before planting out from early June when tomato plants are 20cm (8″) tall. Choose a sheltered position in full sun on fertile, reliably moist, well drained soil, and transplant at a distance of 60cm (24″) apart. Drive a (5′) cane into the soil adjacent to each plant to support them as they grow, and tie each main stem to its support with soft garden twine.
