How To Plant Tomatoes: Now That The Wintry Weather Is Finally Finished, Here Are This Year's Top 10 Tips For Growing Fab Tomatoes

Here are your 10 top tips on how to plant tomatoes.

1. It's entirely in the ground work as they say, a great tip is to rotate your soil throughout January and February. You will be surprised how many pest eggs have been hidden in the ground over the wintry weather and if you expose them to the frosts with any luck you will have fewer pests during the year.

2. Preparation of your earth is essential. You can go the whole nine yards and analyze your soil for PH and add chemicals or supplements correctly or you can insert some well rotten compost which usually is just as successful at balancing the soil out

3. Mulching your dirt is the best way of reducing the weeds surrounding your plants in addition to adding nutrients, maintaining the warm soil and retaining moisture

4. If you are growing tomatoes from seed it is a great idea to choose a selection so you have late and an early crop. You can also have cherry and plum ones These are perfect for making sauces which will give you a magnificent crop which will see you throughout the season

5. Seedlings need sunshine and warmth to develop into strong plants. Leggy seedlings can be planted deeply when planted up as this will allow them to grow stronger stems

6. When growing tomato plants do not fertilise your plants either too early or too much as you can set off a build up of chemicals in the plants leading to problems with leaves and fruit creation. Simply begin to add fertiliser after the plant begins to flower and then only 1 each week

7. Diseases can easily affect your vegetation if they are kept too humid or become diseased. "Know the enemy and be prepared". Companion planting will stop some pests and is environmentally friendly

8. Supporting your tomatoes as they grow is important as tomatoes which aren't tend to become damaged leaving fruits trailing on the earth. Using either cages or stakes and strong but gentle ties will prevent damage and make sure a well supported and productive plant

9. Watering correctly is always a crisis, too much can lead to fruiting troubles too little can lead to fruiting problems. Try not to let the plants to dry out if they are in either pots or grow bags as when you do water them it will just run off

10. When thinking of the finest tomato growing tips the most feasible is probably the storing of your magnificent stock of tomatoes. This is valuable as well as cost effective. You can simply make sun dried tomatoes and thick rich sauces which you can freeze and use throughout the winter months reminding you of summer and tasting so much better than those bought at your local shop

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