Tomato 'Shirley' F1
- One of the most popular home-grown varieties, and for good reason!
- Bountiful harvests of medium-sized, delicious, sweet and richly flavoured fruit – eaten fresh or for cooking.
- Easy to grow in a greenhouse or outdoors in a sheltered, sunny spot.
- Award winning, with excellent quality fruit on strong, healthy plants.
- Supplied as 6 plug plants, ready to grow on or plant out when the risk of frost has passed, reaching 2m (6½ft) in height.
Late April
Product Description
One of the most popular varieties of tomato, ‘Shirley’ is a home-grower’s favourite and a fantastic, versatile all-rounder, producing bountiful crops of medium-sized, bright red, juicy fruits on large trusses whether grown in an unheated greenhouse or outdoors.
A cordon variety, it will fruit most prolifically when side shoots are pinched out to encourage an upright central stem that requires a support. Each plant will then produce a succession of fruit-laden trusses that ripen from July onwards to give a continuous crop. Easy to grow and with excellent disease resistance, ‘Shirley’ has a lovely sweet, rich flavour perfect for salads, sandwiches and sauces.
Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence for a delicious crop of tomatoes.
Supplied as 6 plug plants, ready to grow on or plant out when the risk of frost has passed, reaching 2m (6½ft) in height.
What Is Supplied
Plant Information
Top Tips
- Feed with high Potash feed once first flowers appear and water well, especially when the fruits begin to develop.
- Remove side shoots (shoots that grow where side branches join the main stem) for better crops.
Care Guide
- Grow in full sun and water well and consistantly, as drying out can result in cracked skins on the fruit.
- As the plants grow, tie them in to canes for support as they'll get heavy once the fruit begins to form.
- When there are four or five trusses of flowers, pich out the top of the plant to stop it growing taller. This will concentrate its energy into producing fruit.
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