Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme 'Sweet N Neat'
Shrub Tomato 'Sweet N Neat' (Cherry Tomato)
Tomatoes -which are, scientifically speaking fruit, not vegetable, but their use is as a vegetable, are cultivated as cherry, plum, beefsteak and common round, and there are many different varieties of each type. Best results are achieved for all varieties if grown under glass. Yellow flowers are held on trusses and produce up to 10 fruits. Careful watering is a must to stop fruit splitting and for flavour. Keep water off the foliage as blight can be a problem.'Sweet N Neat' is a shrub variety, compact in size, and therefore suitable for a pot-grown, patio plant, and bearing lots of cherry sized red tomatoes.
Contributed by @igrowhort
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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Not Frost hardy
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Rich and free draining
Common name
Shrub Tomato 'Sweet N Neat' (Cherry Tomato)
Latin name
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme 'Sweet N Neat'
type
Fruiting Vine
family
Solanaceae
ph
5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
Not Frost hardy
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Soil
Rich and free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
0.30 M
0.30 M
Solanum lycopersicum var. cerasiforme 'Sweet N Neat'
Tomatoes -which are, scientifically speaking fruit, not vegetable, but their use is as a vegetable, are cultivated as cherry, plum, beefsteak and common round, and there are many different varieties of each type. Best results are achieved for all varieties if grown under glass. Yellow flowers are held on trusses and produce up to 10 fruits. Careful watering is a must to stop fruit splitting and for flavour. Keep water off the foliage as blight can be a problem.'Sweet N Neat' is a shrub variety, compact in size, and therefore suitable for a pot-grown, patio plant, and bearing lots of cherry sized red tomatoes.
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Early Summer
Plant tomato plants grown from seed into the greenhouse border, when they are big enough to handle, and when risk of frost has passed. For outdoor varieties, young tender plants need to be hardened off, gradually, first in a cold-frame, and then in the open, before planting into their permanent position.
Propagation by seed
From Early Spring TO Mid Spring
Grow from seed in early spring in heat, one seed per tray division, or pot. Fill 9cm (3½in) pot with seed or multipurpose compost.Level and firm the compost, then water. Sow seeds on the compost surface, spacing them evenly, about 1/2" apart, (to help prevent "damping off" disease). Cover the seed with a layer of vermiculite, or sifted soil or compost. Keep at approximately 21°C (70°F), ideally in a heated propagator, When seedlings are big enough to handle, plant out in to a greenhouse - at least 16" apart - or, although less satisfactory, to a sunny windowsill
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