Good Tomato Growing

This is a great way to get the tomatoes which you would like rather than the ones which are available at the garden centres. They don’t regularly have a wide range and with over 7000 to choose from you should be able to find one which you like.

You can buy seeds from many different outlets – on-line, garden centres, some Do it yourself stores and mail order. Often the mail order ones are small plug plants which are more often than not very good quality, although I have to say for me, there is just something about watching that first sprout push its way out of the compost which I find sadly, incredibly fulfilling.

Growing Tomatoes from Seed

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For anyone looking to start their tomatoes from seed you need to be planning your sowing time to be around 6 weeks before you want to plant them out. Ideally when you get your plants to a point where they need to be put in their final position for fruiting you will have seen the last of the frosts and the temperature during the time the seeds will be germinating will be in the range of 15ºC to 25ºC (60ºF to 77ºF) which for most people will mean either keeping them indoors or at least in a heated greenhouse.

The best way to get your seeds started is in a multi-cell seed tray containing a good quality potting compost. All you need to do is fill the cells with the potting compost and then dampen slightly with a watering can using a fine rose head. When that is done drop 2 or 3 seeds into each cell and then push the seed into the compost with a pencil or similar to a depth of around an 1/8″ to a 1/4″.

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