i have grown cherry belle tomatoes for the past 15 years. They crop exeedingly well are the best tasting tomatoes I have grown. This year they have been unavailable. Does anyone know why? Or if they will be available next year in seed or plant form?
Well, it's not really the time to sow them yet - if you click on the appropriate button they'll send you an email when they're in stock - I've found this to be a very efficient service
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They have been unavailable since last February when I tried to get them to plant in March! Nobody has had them, I tried all the seed merchants and garden centers. Just want to know why they are unavailable and if they will be available next year
It could have been an issue with the seed producer, such as a failure of one of the two parent crops last year (it is an F1 which means it is a cross between two parent plants and the seeds won't come true.) If you can't obtain them next winter, I can highly recommend another F1 cherry called 'Suncherry F1' which is the tastiest cherry tomato I have ever grown without being over sweet like sungold and is extremely disease resistant, crops early and for a very long period. I grow a lot of tomatoes (at least 10 varieties each year and usually double that) and I would rate Suncherry as 10/10.
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Thanks Bob. That was very useful and I have made a note of Suncherry. I have tried 6 different varieties this year to try and find a replacement but haven't heard of Suncherry. Will hunt it down. Thanks again
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They seem to be available at the moment http://www.suttons.co.uk/Gardening/Vegetable+Plants/All+Vegetable+Plants/Tomato+Plants+-+F1+Cherry+Belle_229921.htm
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
thanks Dove, have visited the site you suggested but, like every other seed/plant merchant site it says they are currently unavailable
Well, it's not really the time to sow them yet - if you click on the appropriate button they'll send you an email when they're in stock - I've found this to be a very efficient service
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
They have been unavailable since last February when I tried to get them to plant in March! Nobody has had them, I tried all the seed merchants and garden centers. Just want to know why they are unavailable and if they will be available next year
It could have been an issue with the seed producer, such as a failure of one of the two parent crops last year (it is an F1 which means it is a cross between two parent plants and the seeds won't come true.) If you can't obtain them next winter, I can highly recommend another F1 cherry called 'Suncherry F1' which is the tastiest cherry tomato I have ever grown without being over sweet like sungold and is extremely disease resistant, crops early and for a very long period. I grow a lot of tomatoes (at least 10 varieties each year and usually double that) and I would rate Suncherry as 10/10.
Thanks Bob. That was very useful and I have made a note of Suncherry. I have tried 6 different varieties this year to try and find a replacement but haven't heard of Suncherry. Will hunt it down. Thanks again