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Golden Sunrise Tomato

Tomato – Golden Sunrise

£6.99

Considered by many to be the best flavoured tomato
This is a cordon variety of tomato, producing lovely medium sized tomatoes which are beautifully golden yellow in colour. Very juicy. Tomatoes are easy to grow from plug plants – complete growing instructions come free with the plug plants.

Number of plants: 5 plug plants

Variety: Golden Sunrise (organic*)

In the kitchen: These tomatoes have a deliciously sweet fruity flavour and add an eye catching dash of colour to any summer salad. These are delicious eaten raw, roasted or cooked in Mediterranean dishes.

THESE PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED IN SPRING 2024

Delivery Info: Please see FAQs for up-to-date delivery info.

When to Harvest: Plant plugs 30-40cm apart. Tomatoes should start ripening in late July through to September, depending on when they are planted out and whether they are grown in a greenhouse or outside.

*Transplants suitable for organic growing.

Choosing a site for growing veg

The right site

Tomatoes need warmth, sun and shelter so are best grown in a greenhouse or conservatory. If you’d prefer to grow them outside, then choose a warm, sheltered and sunny spot, preferably up against a wall.

growing veg in pots and raised beds

Can be grown in....

Planting tomatoes in fresh compost in either growbags (two to a bag) or large containers (20-25cm is perfect for one tomato plant) will give the best results. If you choose to plant them in a raised bed outside, then be sure to add plenty of compost.

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How far apart?

The spacing is slightly dependent on the variety you choose, and we’ll advise you what’s best for your baby tomato plants when you receive them. As a general rule, though, tomatoes need a decent amount of space for their roots so it’s best to plant a single plant in a pot, two in a grow bag or in a raised bed with 50cm between each plant.

When your plants arrive....

Your baby plants will arrive carefully packed in straw. They may look a little tired from their travels. This is quite normal but, as soon as possible, carefully unpack them all.

Each type of plant will have an identification label to help you spot which they are. Lay them out into their respective plant types (e.g. lettuce, cauliflower, peas). Then, stand them upright, being especially careful with the ones that aren’t in bio pots. The roots may be dry, so give them all a good drink of water by submerging the roots for a few minutes in a container of clean water.

Now you are ready to plant your Rocket Garden. Try to do this within 24 hours of the arrival of your plants.

Looking after your plants....

Plant your tomato plants as soon as possible after they arrive into a 1.5 litre pot of good quality compost and allow them to grow in this for a few weeks indoors on a sunny window sill.  Keep the compost moist but not waterlogged. They can then be transferred into their final growing container. Use bamboo canes to support the stems of cordon (upright) varieties (eg. Tigerella)

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Feed them well

Water them well! Making sure your tomatoes are kept evenly and consistently watered will ensure they are happy plants. They don’t like drying out and then becoming waterlogged!

Make sure you add some kind of organic fertiliser to wherever you plant your tomatoes as they do like to be kept well fed.

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Pinch off side shoots

Pinch off any side shoots regularly (cordon varieties) and remove any yellowing leaves.

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Plant with marigolds

Grow some marigolds next to your tomatoes to keep away aphids

Watch out for....

  • Blight
  • Aphids
  • Whitefly
  • Spider mite

They're ready to harvest when....

As soon as the tomatoes have developed their full colour they are ready to be picked. Don’t leave them too long or they will go soft and split. If you still have a few green tomatoes left when it gets cooler at the end of the season, you can pick them and leave them on a warm, sunny windowsill to ripen there.

Jargon Buster

Cordon – this refers to upright tomatoes

Side shoots – as the name suggests, these are the shoots that come off from the main stem. Have a look at the video for more on this.

Storage Tips

Here at Rocket Gardens we prefer to keep our tomatoes at room temperature rather than storing them in the fridge – you get better flavour from them that way.

Ways to cook

You can’t really beat a fresh tomato salad. Simply sliced, drizzled with a little extra virgin olive oil, seasoned with sea salt and served with a few torn up basil leaves.

Recipe Ideas

Coming soon

Do I need to sign for them?
All our plug plant orders are dispatched with an overnight courier* to mainland UK and do not need to be signed for when they are delivered, but will be left somewhere safe. When placing your order, please let us know where you would like the plug plants left if you are not in when the courier delivers.

We will keep you posted
You will receive an email approximately a week before your order is dispatched and another on the day your plug plants are packed and leave us so you know to expect and prepare for their arrival.

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