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Tumbling Bella not tumbling?

Andy LeedsAndy Leeds Posts: 518
in Fruit & veg
I generally grow tomatoes in hanging baskets and have tried a couple of varieties with great success in the last two years (I only started this gardening lark recently!).  This year I thought I’d try a different variety and plumped for tumbling Bella.  

Not sure if it’s too early to say, but these don’t look like they have a tumbling tendency - could I have done something wrong (these are on a south facing windowsill) or does this variety fill out later?



Please ignore the random sunflowers and cucumbers 😄.

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    That doesn't look like a tumbler which are bush tomatoes - you've got a cordon tom there by the look of it

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Andy LeedsAndy Leeds Posts: 518
    That’s what I thought... dodgy packet of seeds then 😤.  
  • plant pauperplant pauper Posts: 6,904
    We had dodgy tomatoes last year too (or was it the year before...??). Everybody's 'something' was coming up as 'something else'. It wasn't the supplier either, it was the next one up the chain. I've a feeling it was Sungold.  :/
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    A few yrs ago quite a few of us on here grew sungold toms from seed from various suppliers - they turned out to be something different.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Andy LeedsAndy Leeds Posts: 518
    Maybe I’ll get in touch with the supplier and see if they have had any other people querying this.  Also next time I’ll grow two different varieties to have a better chance of success. 
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