Today 
For a pretty mix of flowers, fruit and herbs, pack a hanging basket with yellow, orange and cream-coloured black-eyed Susan, rosy-red cherry tomatoes and crisp green parsley.
Plant it:
May
At its best:
July - September
Takes just:
40 minutes
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Fully laden with fruit, the tomato plant will be quite heavy, so make sure the basket is hung from a strong bracket. Put the bracket and basket somewhere sunny so the tomatoes will ripen well.
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To help reduce its weight, fill the bottom of the basket with polystyrene chunks. Top up with compost. Plant the black-eyed Susan and tomato plant near the edge, and tuck the parsley between them.
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Water daily - or twice a day if the weather is very hot or windy - and feed with tomato food once a week. If frost is forecast in May, bring the basket under cover.
"Pick the tomatoes as they ripen to encourage the plant to produce more fruit. Over the summer, trim away any leaves that shade ripening tomatoes. "
"Pick parsley leaves when young for the best flavour."
