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tomato seeds

brnhowlettbrnhowlett Posts: 1
in Fruit & veg
Trying to purchase cherry tomato sweet sue

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Don’t think they’re a British variety. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    As far as I can tell it's a variety only sold in Europe atm

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • robertbarry14981133robertbarry14981133 Posts: 1
    We loved the giant tomatoes we bought in Tenerife and brought some home. I saved the seeds and have had mixed results.  The main point is that while most eventually succumbed to blight a few have survived it. Can I assume that the seeds from the survivors will produce blight resistant plants or have I just been lucky?
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    No the seed will not produce blight-resistnt plants I'm afraid.
    You can still ripen any tomatoes that are still on the plant so long as they've started to ripen a little - cut the truss off and put it somewhere warm and they'll ripen.

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    Hi @robertbarry14981133,

    Welcome to the forum.
    Have a look at this website as it looks as if you shouldn't have brought tomatoes into the UK from Tenerife.

    https://www.gov.uk/bringing-food-into-great-britain/fruit-vegetables-nuts-seeds

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • NormandyLizNormandyLiz Posts: 788
    I'm pretty sure it should be ok, @Bee witched, as Tenerife is part of Spain and therefore within the EU, so the 'importing from the EU' rules apply. 
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    If the tomatoes were an f1 hybrid variety the seeds produced won't be the same. You may be able to source the same variety in the UK if you could find out the name.
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