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
Tomato leaves turning yellow is one of the most common worries for UK gardeners, especially once plants start growing well and then suddenly begin looking less healthy than expected. In many cases, yellow leaves do not mean the plant is failing. Tomatoes often lose some older lower leaves as they grow, and a small amount … Read more
Tomatoes are one of the most rewarding crops you can grow in a UK garden, but they are also one of the crops that make gardeners nervous fastest. A few marks on a leaf, a dark stem, some yellowing low down, or fruit that suddenly starts to rot can be enough to make people assume … Read more
Most common tomato problems in the UK come down to a small number of causes: cold, inconsistent watering, too much or too little feed, poor light, or disease. This page is the quick way to work out which one you have. Below is every common tomato problem, how to recognise it, and a link straight … Read more
Caring for tomato plants properly is what turns a healthy-looking tomato plant into a genuinely productive one. Many UK gardeners get through the early stages well enough. Seeds germinate, seedlings grow on, and young plants are finally moved into pots, grow bags, raised beds, or a greenhouse. Then summer begins properly and the questions start. … Read more
Share this Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp X Email Share Growing tomatoes in the UK is more forgiving than most people think, and they are not the divas their reputation suggests. In more than twenty years of growing them in Oxfordshire I have come to believe that most tomato failures are not bad luck at all. They … Read more
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