Sub-Arctic Plenty

[Flummery]

So who grew the free seeds?

What a disappointment! They are the tomato for people who don't like tomatoes. Because they are said to be good outdoors and very early I grew quite a lot and gave them to people. I'm now ashamed! I've been harvesting Sungold and Golden Sunrise from outdoor plants for a couple of weeks now but only had my first SAP yesterday. It tastes of NOTHING!

No wonder they were free!

[scarey55]

Shan't be wanting a swap of them then

[smallblueplanet]

I threw our plants away when it became obvious that other tomatoes were gonna fruit before them - as Flum says they're (usually) grown for earliness not taste - couldn't be bothered to lose the space on them.

[Flummery]

But they weren't even early!

[hawthorns]

my sap have been very poor also

[HeyWayne]

I think I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm not one of lifes gifted tomato growers. I haven't eaten a single tomato yet! Got a couple of bunches on my golden sunrise, but that's it. Looks like I'm destined for tasteless supermarket varieties for some time yet.

[blue411]

I have 3 plants with large green toms on and they show no sign of turned any colour never mind red! my neighbourr gave me gardeners delight ( 2 tiny plants) they are pushing 6 foot and ive been popping delicious red toms in my mouth for weeks now.

[hawthorns]

I think I've resigned myself to the fact that I'm not one of lifes gifted tomato growers. I haven't eaten a single tomato yet! Got a couple of bunches on my golden sunrise, but that's it. Looks like I'm destined for tasteless supermarket varieties for some time yet.

have you tried growing red alert . my 1st try this year at growing and red alert have been very good cropper

[SarzWix]

I haven't been very impressed with the S.A.P. either. And what makes it even worse is that I wasted one of my HSL choices on them, then got the free packet on the mag., and after all that they're cr*p! My Shirley, Sungold, Tamina, Millefleur and Salt Spring Sunrise all ripened before it! Early? My @rse!!

[Alice]

Thanks for that Flummery. I was planning to try them next year - always on the lookout fro a good outdoor variety in Scotland, but I won't bother with them now.

[JennieAtkinson]

Well I'm glad its not just me. My plants are totally devoid of any flowers, just alot of leaves. I was planning to ditch them this weekend, so now I will.

[jackie j]

Mine took ages to germinate then not very many and they just gave up so not one single plant.

[Flummery]

If the flavour had turned out to be exceptional it would be worth persisting but they taste of nothing. Water, maybe!

[sharonr]

My dad put his in the greenhouse and they are doing brilli.
One of his plants is about 6 foot tall and has 12 tomato`s on one trussel.
Mine are in the garden they have had tomato`s on for what seems like forever but they aren`t turning red. ( my avatar is of one of the tomato`s)

[Wren]

This is the bit i don't get Sharon. S A P are meant to be a cherry tomato an your aviator don't look like a cherry tomato to me... more like a beefsteak x cherry and mine are the same.

I Have 6 plants of S A P and my observations are................ Masses of leaves and green growth, medium size fruits that resemble small beefsteak tomatoes, lots of flowers but not much fruit by comparison.
Five plants stayed at bush size and one plant grew like a triffid to 6ft!

I have now resorted to pruning off some of the over bushy leaf growth to let the fruits see the sun a bit and all fruits are looking solid green an no sign of ripening yet.

I think Mr Fothergill should either ditch this new verity or change the labeling to late ripening and tasteless because this many disappointed veg growers can not be all wrong.