Tomato 'Honeycomb' – Golden Cherry Tomato (Set of 3 or 6)

Tomato 'Honeycomb' is a cherry tomato grown for its exceptionally sweet, golden-amber fruit through summer and into early autumn.

The trusses are long and generous, and the small round fruits ripen to a warm gold with a rich honeyed flavour. They are good eaten straight from the plant, scattered through a salad, or roasted until they caramelise.

Honeycomb is an indeterminate cordon and reaches 150 to 180cm, so give it a cane or a string to climb, pinch out the side shoots regularly, and pick often to keep the trusses coming. It wants full sun and shelter, whether that is a greenhouse, a polytunnel, a grow bag or a large container in a sunny corner. Plant it out only once all risk of frost has passed, because tomatoes are killed outright by the first frost and set back badly by cold nights. Water evenly rather than in bursts, since erratic watering is what causes blossom end rot and split fruit, and feed with a high-potash tomato feed once the first truss has set. Supplied as three or six established plants in 1 litre root balls. Tomato foliage is in the same family as potato and is a known risk to pets, so keep animals away from the plants.

Cultural Information

• Common Name: Tomato
• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 150 to 180cm when trained as a cordon
• Growth Habit: Indeterminate cordon. Needs staking and side-shooting
• Perfect For: Greenhouses, polytunnels, grow bags, large containers, sunny sheltered borders
• Foliage: Mid-green, cut tomato leaves
• Flowering Time: Summer, small yellow flowers before each truss sets
• Planting Position: Full sun and sheltered. Grows well in patio containers and grow bags
• Soil Type: Fertile, well-drained, moisture-retentive soil or a quality peat-free compost
• Hardiness: Not hardy. Killed by the first frost, so it is a summer only crop and goes outside only once frost has passed
• Maintenance: Tie the single stem to a sturdy cane or string and pinch out the side shoots as they appear. Feed weekly with high potash once fruiting starts
• Seasonal Interest: Summer and autumn
• Type: Tender annual fruiting vegetable, grow your own