Tomato seeds blog | blight, pots, whitefly and labels
Tomato seeds guides: blossom-end rot, blight after a wet July, pots and grow-bags, side-shoots, green fruit indoors, and what a GB seed packet must say.
Blossom end rot tomatoes: the black patch and watering
You turn a tomato and the end opposite the stalk is a hard black patch. It looks like a disease you bought in the packet. Blossom end rot tomatoes are
Cherry or beefsteak tomatoes: match the meal first
You have a midweek sauce in mind and a cherry packet in the basket, or a lunchbox to fill and a plum you will never eat raw. Cherry or beefsteak tomat
GB rules and standards seed packet: what it covers
You are holding a tomato packet, or an amazon.co.uk page for one, and the words GB rules and standards look like a pass mark. They read as if someone
Harden off tomatoes: two weeks before planting out
The plants on the windowsill look finished. It is early May, one mild week sits in the forecast, and the bed is dug. Harden off tomatoes before that m
Pinch out tomato side shoots: read the habit first
You are about to pinch out tomato side shoots on a plant that is already waist-high. On a cordon the nub in the leaf axil is a side-shoot, and it come
Ripen green tomatoes: what to do before a cold night
The forecast has dropped, the trusses are still green, and you are trying to decide whether to leave them for one more week. October is a normal momen
Save tomato seed: the F1 limit, and the rights page
You want to save tomato seed from fruit you liked. Next year's packet is a small cost, and saving your own feels like the obvious economy. For an F1 v
Tomato blight: spotting the collapse after a wet July
A warm July, three wet days, and the outdoor tomatoes that looked fine on Monday are brown by Thursday. That speed is what tomato blight feels like in
Tomatoes in pots: pot size, grow-bags and watering
Tomatoes in pots are the plan when the balcony has room for one bag and a couple of containers, and the seed title says patio. One tomato still needs
Whitefly on tomatoes: sticky leaves in the greenhouse
You are watering under glass, you brush a leaf, and a small white cloud lifts off the underside. The leaf feels tacky where you held it. That cloud is