Grafted Cordon Tomato Plant 'Shirley'

Solanum lycopersicum

One of the most well known and widely grown varieties and rightly so. High amounts of fruit per plant; salad sized and full of flavour; robust and resistant to common tomato diseases.

3 x 7cm Grafted Plants

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Product Information

Eventual Height:

Approx. 6 ft.

Position:

Full Sun

Product Varieties:

Salad Tomatoes

Growing Type:

Cordon

Suitable for:

Pots, Greenhouse, Patio, Small Gardens, Borders, Vegetable Plot, Raised Bed

Plant Type:

Annual

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  • Recommended by the Royal Horticultural Society
  • Disease-resistant and good for UK climates
  • Nations most popular variety.
  • Good choice for outside growing.

Often used as a show variety, the fruits are consistently well formed, clean skin and delicious. Shirley has good disease resistance to tobacco mosaic virus, leaf mould and fusarium. This is great news for our variable summers which can be hot and dry one year and dull and cool the next year.

How to grow

Upon receiving your Grafted Tomato Plants, these should be treated like any other tomato. They may still have their plastic grafted pegs on, these can be carefully removed before potting.

Remove the pots immediately upon receipt and give them a good water. If particularly dry, plunge them into a bucket of water until no air bubbles are seen from the compost. Keep them in a warm place and keep well-watered until ready to plant.

These plants are larger and more mature than plugs and are ready to be planted straight away but will still benefit from hardening off before their final planting.

Guide To Plant Sizes

Grafted Plants

Grafted plants are created by joining together two different plant varieties, typically by attaching the stem of one onto the root system of another. This process allows for desirable traits, such as disease resistance or better fruit production, to be combined into a single plant.

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Soil Type

Established plants can use a Peat-Free Vegetable Compost or use a Tomato Grow Bag.

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