Tomato growing tips include avoiding the things that tomato plants don’t like, and increasing the things that they do like, for best growth.
Double Stems and Side ShootsSome professional growers allow a side shoot to develop and become a second main stem. This has the following advantages: More trusses Trusses at a lower height than if grown on one stem Plants are easier … Read More
Growing tomatoes outside poses a number of challenges that the greenhouse grower can ignore completely or be less concerned about. Outdoor disadvantages: Rain – Wet leaves can cause blight and other fungal diseases during prolonged periods of wet weather. Temperature … Read More
We’ve had a great season in the UK and apart from a wet spell in August, the summer has been dry and bright. Good weather enables us to focus more on growing techniques and performance rather than disease control. However, … Read More
How to encourage tomatoes to ripen on the plant We’ve had a great season for growing tomatoes in he UK. I grew 106 plants, many of them cherry varieties with two or three main stems, and the number of tomatoes … Read More
Tomato growing in the UK on a commercial scale has always fascinated me. To spend all day among the tomato plants would be a great pleasure for many of us I would think. Among the places where tomatoes are grown … Read More
Here are a few tips for growing tomatoes in containers which includes grow bags too! How To Establish Tomato Plants In Containers Newly transplanted tomato plants should have their roots established by only one initial watering. As soil dries and … Read More
This week I had the pleasure to meet Mark Ridsdill Smith who runs “Vertical Veg” a website that is about the art of growing vegetables in small spaces. He came to film the various ways I grow tomatoes and we … Read More
[ezcol_3quarter] There is no doubt that the internet is a great place for information and sometimes misinformation! Here are few statements that are regularly given as tomato growing advice. Tomato plants need lots of water Tomato plants are hungry feeders … Read More
Although the following Tomato Growing Tips mainly apply to UK growing, most are universal. They work in most situations where tomatoes are grown in the garden and greenhouse. There are many different ways to grow tomatoes successfully and many different … Read More
My favourite way how to take tomato cuttings is by removing shoots from bush varieties. One plant can give you several cuttings, each one a new tomato plant! This can be done quite early in the season with bush varieties … Read More