Category: Veg – Tomatoes Series

  • Think Like a Tomato Plant: What Your Tomato Plants are Trying to Tell You

    Think Like a Tomato Plant: What Your Tomato Plants are Trying to Tell You

    Welcome to the Think Like a Plant series. This is a new collection of vegetable growing articles designed to help you think like a grower by understanding the plants you grow. Instead of simply following gardening instructions, this series explores what vegetable plants, like tomatoes, actually need to grow well, stay healthy, and produce strong…

  • Black Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

    Black Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

    Yes I know the real title of the movie is Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe but what if it wasn’t. What if Black Tomatoes were put front and centre stage of this film, would they be any more popular than green tomatoes?! Why should you even consider growing Black Tomatoes? Great question,…

  • A Colourful Harvest Palette – Tomatoes & Sweet Peppers

    A Colourful Harvest Palette – Tomatoes & Sweet Peppers

    ‘Tangerine Dream’ Sweet Pepper, you did not let me down! What a stunning bright Orange bitesized sweet pepper. Tangerine Dream Sweet Peppers grow pointing to the sky instead of hang down like long peppers. They remind me of chilli peppers. They turn from green to a light orange and then a bright orange. They are…

  • Part 7 – How to Harvest a Tomato

    Part 7 – How to Harvest a Tomato

    July is the time of the year when the tomatoes are changing colour so you’ll be getting lot of different shades of green, orange and red. It’s a magical experience seeing all the different colours. Don’t worry if your Tomatoes haven’t turned red yet, please see my – Top 3 Tips to get your Tomatoes…

  • Part 6 – Tomatoes – Common Diseases & Solutions

    Part 6 – Tomatoes – Common Diseases & Solutions

    Here is a helping hand to let you know what diseases your plants may suffer with if you are growing tomatoes and common solutions. 1. Blossom End Rot What is Blossom End Rot? This is a disease where the bottom of the tomato rots before or after the tomato is fully formed. What does the…

  • Part 5 – How to Care for your Growing Tomatoes

    My greenhouse grown tomatoes have been growing strongly although the outdoor grown tomatoes have been sulking a bit with the cold weather in Mid June! Let’s hope we get some sunshine and heat soon to turn these tomatoes red or orange or [insert your colour here]. I am growing: Greenhouse Tomatoes Are growing: Raised Bed…

  • Unusual Vegetables – Growing White Tomatoes

    Unusual Vegetables – Growing White Tomatoes

    Have you ever thought of growing White Tomatoes? I can’t say that I have, however they bring with them a curiosity as to what would they taste like, so I am intrigued, are you? Why should you grow White Tomatoes instead Red Tomatoes? Are the Tomatoes truly White in colour? White Tomatoes start green and…

  • Part 3 – How to Choose a Tomato Variety to Grow

    Part 3 – How to Choose a Tomato Variety to Grow

    There are more than 10,000 Tomato varieties worldwide! Tomato World Records There are a number of word records broken with Tomatoes. 1. Tallest Tomato Plant – according to the Guinness World of Records, a UK company in October 1999 reached a height of 19.8 meters (65 ft). 2. Most Cherry Tomatoes grown on a single…

  • Part 2 – How to Sow Tomato Seeds with short Sowing Video

    Part 2 – How to Sow Tomato Seeds with short Sowing Video

    Tomatoes are one of the easiest vegetables to grow. so why not try sowing tomatoes this year. Sow along with me – I’m sowing… Tomato Variety: Cherrola F1 – red cherry tomato from MoreVeg.co.uk Tomato Variety: Orange Cherry – orange cherry tomato from MoreVeg.co.uk When to Sow Tomatoes Greenhouse Tomatoes – Sow: Late February to…

  • And Finally… The Italian Job – Tomato Harvest in Late August

    And finally the Italian beefsteak tomatoes – Variety: Costoluto Genovese have gone red. They have been in the greenhouse and due to the stems getting so heavy they fell over so they have now all been harvested. Update on the Greenhouse Growbag watering system In May, I posted – My Tomato Growing Setup about my…