Tag: tomatoes

  • My Tomato Growing setup in a Greenhouse with a watering system

    My Tomato Growing setup in a Greenhouse with a watering system

    Last week my Vine Tomato plants – Variety: Costoluto Genovese where looking strong and tall and ready to go into the grow bags for their final positioning. I have been researching methods of growing tomatoes in a greenhouse as the difference from growing outside, is that they will need more water due to the soil…

  • Red, Yellow, Orange and Green Tomatoes are here

    Red, Yellow, Orange and Green Tomatoes are here

    The tomato plants were slow to get growing this year and never really reached a great height but finally the red tomatoes are here. We are growing a few different varieties this year but the Crimson Crush F1 which are blight resistant tomatoes have come through as a clear winner on the size of the…

  • Update – The Marigolds Ring of Steel around the Tomatoes

    Update – The Marigolds Ring of Steel around the Tomatoes

    The Marigolds Ring of Steel (here’s my original post) has been very successful at keeping away greenfly and blackfly from the tomatoes this year. I was getting so much greenfly on my lettuce in the other raised bed, I even moved two of the marigolds (I was careful not to break the ring of steel)…

  • Week 2 in June – Vegetable Planting Progress

    Week 2 in June – Vegetable Planting Progress

    It’s still hot hot hot in Essex, UK this week and lots of progress has been made in the Vegetable Garden this week. All the plants are looking very green and abundant. Walkthrough Video for Week 2 in June Updates in the Raised Beds Small Tomato Plants Planted Out So I’m risking it, the tomatoes…

  • Part 4 – How to Pot on your Tomato Seedlings

    Part 4 – How to Pot on your Tomato Seedlings

    This guide will show you how to pot on your tomatoes. Once your tomato seedlings have 4 leaves, it’s time to pot them into fresh compost so they can continue growing ready to be planted out. You will need: 1. Fill your post with compost, not all the way to the top. 2. Using a…

  • How to Pot on your Tomato Seedlings

    How to Pot on your Tomato Seedlings

    This guide will show you how to pot on your tomatoes. Once your tomato seedlings have 4 leaves, it’s time to pot them into fresh compost so they can continue growing ready to be planted out. You will need: 1. Fill your post with compost, not all the way to the top. 2. Using a…

  • The Marigolds Ring of Steel for Tomatoes

    The Marigolds Ring of Steel for Tomatoes

    Marigolds and Tomatoes go hand in hand as best friends. They love being planted next to one another and are true companions. Why? Years ago when I had a greenhouse, marigolds were the only pest control that worked and kept the whitefly away from my tomatoes. Two years ago, I planted tomatoes outside in my…

  • Week 2 in May – Vegetable Planting Progress

    Week 2 in May – Vegetable Planting Progress

    Pea’s have been planted out and are shooting up I sowed my Peas in root trainers on 20th March and planted them out towards the end of April. They have been in the ground for 2 weeks now and settled in and have started to shoot up the netted wigwams. They have not been protected…

  • Vegetable Seeds to Sow in March

    Vegetable Seeds to Sow in March

    Some of you eager beavers (an English saying for being quick off the mark) might have already started sowing your seeds as the weather has become milder in recent days. However a word of caution here. There are still frosts and we may not be out of Winter totally yet which could still kill tender…