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Yes:
Red Alert.
This year & last two have experimented with round-the-year cropping with great success. As others suggest, can propagate (indoors) in Dec/Jan. Use small pots to force pot-bound roots prior to planting in your normal pot size around end-March in greenhouse. Second planting around July/August, either greenhouse or outdoors for cropping ~October. Start new plants outdoors outdoors around last week Sept/Oct and bring pots indoors around Dec. all timings depending on weather/sun, of course. This year, 2018, indoor plants produced samll second crop for Christmas & New Year – and still going through the frost and snow, just beginning to produce normal sized fruits due to better light towards the equinox. Now cloning side shoots from these plants into tiny pots for Spring.
Have seen Red Alert listed as F1, but there was a lot of discussion some years back about this. Seems that the saved seeds come true every time, so not sure whether there has been some rogue pollination, reversion or whether some seed companies were just trying it on?! Other discussion about this variety is whether its a bush or standard – of course, can grow as either, but I tend to stake to prevent weight of fruit bending stems, but this one doesn’t seem to mind bent branches and carries on regardless.
Great flavour, reliable crop, fairly resistant, just that the skins might be a little tough, albeit thin.
