The Big Veg - Tomato F1 'Tiny Temptations' Dwarf Red Sweet Cherry Tomato Kit

Up to 300 sweet little cherry tomatoes — on your windowsill, balcony or in a hanging basket. No garden, no greenhouse, no clue required.

Everything that's actually hard to get right, sorted: a semi-trailing variety bred to spill over the edge of a pot, the right feed for fruiting tomatoes, a planter that won't outlive you in landfill, and a grow guide that talks like a person. Add a bag of compost and a sunny spot and you're away — even if you've killed every plant you've ever owned.

What's in the box

• Tomato F1 'Tiny Temptations' Red seeds — a semi-trailing cherry variety made for pots, baskets and windowsill boxes, so it trails over the edge instead of needing stakes and space. Properly sweet, and seriously generous: up to 300 little red cherries a plant.
• Hemp fibre planter — breathable, sturdy, and composts down at the end of the season. No plastic pot to bin.
• Comfrey pellets — naturally high in potassium, which is exactly what fruiting crops want to set and ripen fruit. (Leafy plants want nitrogen; tomatoes want potassium. It's why the Big Veg feed is built differently from a salad kit — and why you'll actually get tomatoes, not just leaves.)
• Seaweed meal — a gentle, slow trace-element feed to get young plants off to a strong start.
• Wool pellets — they hold water so you can skip the odd watering, feed slowly as they break down, and the texture helps put slugs off.
• Your grow guide — plain-English, step-by-step, printed on recycled stock. No jargon, no assumed knowledge.

What you'll need (that we haven't put in the box)

We could've stuffed a bag of compost in and charged you to post something heavy you can buy down the road for a few quid. We didn't — lighter parcel, smaller footprint, lower price. So grab these yourself:

• Peat-free compost — enough to fill your planter (the grow guide tells you how much). Any garden centre, supermarket or corner shop with a plant shelf will do.
• A sunny spot — south-facing windowsill, balcony, doorstep, wherever gets the most light.
• Something to stand it on — the hemp planter breathes, which the roots love but your windowsill won't, so pop a saucer or tray underneath.

Why this kit, and not a packet of seeds and a prayer

Plastic-free start to finish — not a bolt-on, just how the whole thing is made. The feed is matched to fruiting tomatoes rather than thrown together generic. And every kit sold helps fund living wage jobs and horticultural training for people in Ayrshire who are overcoming homelessness. That's not a feel-good sticker on the box — it's the reason the company exists.

Pro tip: Give it the sunniest spot you've got — a south-facing windowsill is plenty. The wool pellets hold moisture between waterings, so don't panic if you forget a day.

Gardening, minus the gatekeeping.