Tomato 'Consuelo' – Cordon Cherry Tomato (2L Pot)

Tomato 'Consuelo' is a heavy cropping cherry tomato carrying generous trusses of sweet, deep red, bite-sized fruit.

The flavour is rich and well balanced, good raw in a salad or straight from the plant, and good cooked into pasta or roasted. Picking runs from July through to October, so one plant keeps a kitchen supplied for months.

Consuelo is an indeterminate cordon reaching 150 to 180cm, so support the main stem with a cane or stake, take the side shoots out regularly and grow it in a warm sunny sheltered spot: a container, a grow bag, a raised bed, a greenhouse or the vegetable plot. 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 one established plant in a 2 litre root ball. 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 supported
• Growth Habit: Vigorous upright indeterminate cordon. Needs staking and side-shooting
• Perfect For: Patio containers, grow bags, raised beds, greenhouses, vegetable plots
• 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