Tumbling Tom Red – Trailing Tomato Plant

Bring fresh, home-grown flavour to your garden with this Tumbling Tom Red trailing tomato plant. A popular and reliable cherry tomato variety, Tumbling Tom Red produces an abundance of small, sweet, bright red fruits on cascading stems, making it the perfect choice for hanging baskets, containers, and window boxes. Supplied as an outdoor garden-ready plant with a 25cm root ball, it is ready to be placed straight into its final growing position.

Tumbling Tom Red has a naturally compact, trailing growth habit that looks stunning spilling over the edges of a hanging basket or tall planter. Throughout summer, the plant produces clusters of bite-sized cherry tomatoes that are wonderfully sweet and ideal for salads, snacking, and cooking. This variety is well suited to smaller growing spaces where a traditional upright tomato may not be practical.

What's Included:

• 1 x Tumbling Tom Red Trailing Tomato Plant


• Supplied as an outdoor garden-ready plant with a 25cm root ball in a hanging basket

Growing Tips:

• Position in a warm, sheltered spot that receives full sun for the best crop


• Water regularly and consistently, especially during warm weather – hanging baskets can dry out quickly


• Feed every one to two weeks with a high-potash liquid tomato fertiliser once the first fruits begin to set


• No pinching out of side shoots is required – Tumbling Tom is a determinate variety that naturally bushes and trails


• Harvest fruits as they ripen to encourage further production throughout the season

Cultural Information:

• Botanical Name: Solanum lycopersicum 'Tumbling Tom Red'


• Common Names: Tumbling Tom Red, Trailing Tomato


• Classification: Tender Annual (Determinate / Bush Tomato)


• Fully Grown Height and Spread: 20–30 cm height x 30–50 cm trailing spread


• Growth Habit: Compact, Cascading, Trailing


• Perfect For: Hanging Baskets, Containers, Window Boxes, Patio Gardens


• Fruiting Season: July to October


• Fruit Type: Small Cherry Tomatoes, approximately 2–4 cm, Bright Red


• Flavour: Sweet and Juicy


• Planting Position: Full Sun, Sheltered


• Watering: Regular and Consistent – Do Not Allow to Dry Out


• Feeding: High-Potash Tomato Feed Every 1–2 Weeks Once Fruiting


• Hardiness: Not Frost Hardy – Plant Outdoors After Last Frost


• Foliage: Mid-Green, Lightly Serrated Leaves

Notes: This plant is supplied as the Tumbling Tom Red variety, producing vibrant red cherry tomatoes on attractive trailing stems.