Why Are My Tomato Leaves Curling? (UK Guide)

Tomato leaves curling on a plant in a UK garden, mostly a harmless response to conditions

Share this Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp X Email Tomato leaves curling is one of the most alarming-looking tomato problems, but in UK gardens it is usually one of the least serious. The great majority of leaf curl is physiological, meaning it is the plant reacting to its conditions rather than any disease, most often to swings … Read more

Why Are My Tomatoes Splitting?

Ripe tomatoes on the vine showing splitting and cracking in a UK garden

Share this Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp X Email Why are my tomatoes splitting? Tomatoes split when they take up water faster than their skins can stretch, and in UK gardens the usual trigger is a spell of dry weather followed by heavy rain or a big watering. The fruit swells suddenly on the inside, the skin … Read more

Why Tomato Plants Are Not Producing Fruit in the UK (And How to Fix It)

Tomato plants growing but not producing fruit in a UK garden

Share this Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp X Email Tomato plants are not producing fruit for one of a handful of reasons in UK gardens, and the good news is that nearly all of them are fixable: temperatures too high or too low for the flowers to set, poor pollination, too much nitrogen pushing leaves instead of … Read more