Picking your own tomatoes is very satisfying. Fully mature tomatoes is a sign of a healthy plant often despite weather conditions and the limiting factors of a small city garden. When the tomatoes are heirloom varieties the whole exercise is one of helping to preserve a rare breed. All the seeds from these plants can …Read More about Picking tomatoes
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More summer tomatoes
All gardeners get very excited about their tomatoes. Over the last number of years it has become progressively more difficult to grow tomatoes outdoors in Brussels. Although this year started badly, these last two weeks of sun and heat have brought on a bloom of tomatoes and a smile to many a gardener’s face. Growing …Read More about More summer tomatoes
Growing tomatoes in containers
The trick to growing tomatoes in containers is to select unusual varieties that produce small or cherry tomatoes. In this way a single plant can produce over 50 fruit as opposed to the larger types (ie beefsteak) which may only produce half a dozen fruit in a season. The larger the container the better but …Read More about Growing tomatoes in containers