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Tomato Alicante Seeds

Tomato Alicante Seeds

Botanical Name: Solanum lycopersicum
Back by popular demand
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit variety
  • Reliable high-yielding traditional favourite
  • Medium-sized red fruits with good flavour
  • Excellent choice for new tomato growers
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Tomato Alicante is a reliable old favourite that has earned its place in generations of kitchen gardens. This vigorous cordon variety produces generous crops of medium-sized red tomatoes with a good, classic flavour, perfect for slicing into salads, sandwiches and everyday summer dishes. Suitable for greenhouse or outdoor growing, Alicante is dependable and straightforward to grow, making it an excellent choice for anyone discovering the unbeatable flavour of home-grown tomatoes.

Key information

Botanical Name: Solanum lycopersicum
Genus: Tomato
Plant Class: Half Hardy Annual

Characteristics & growing conditions

Plant Height: 150
Colour: Red
Habitat: Cordon,Indeterminate,Upright
Position: Full Sun
Attractive to: Attractive To Bees and Attractive To Butterflies
Sow indoors January-April, around 1.5cm deep in pots or trays at approximately 18°C. Transplant seedlings into individual pots and grow on in good light. Plant into greenhouse borders, large pots or grow bags from late April-May, or harden off and plant outdoors after the risk of frost from late May. Support plants with canes or strings and remove side shoots as they develop. Water regularly and feed once fruits begin to set. Harvest June-October, with outdoor crops generally ripening from August.

Recommended growing locations.

Allotment / Veg Patch
Container
Greenhouse / Polytunnel
Patio
Sow Indoors
Sow Outside
Flowers / Harvest

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£6.95 delivery charge

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