Is It Too Late to Plant Tomatoes?

Why are my tomatoes splitting - ripe tomatoes on the vine cracking in a UK garden.

Share this Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp X Email Is it too late to plant tomatoes? In the UK, the honest answer for early August is: too late to start them from seed for this year, but not necessarily too late to buy and plant an established plant if you have a greenhouse or a warm, sheltered … Read more

Growing Tomatoes in the UK

Healthy tomato plants growing in a UK garden

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

When to Plant Tomatoes in the UK (Best Planting Times Explained)

Ripe red tomatoes in a basket with tomato plants growing in a UK vegetable garden

Share this Facebook Pinterest WhatsApp X Email When to plant tomatoes in the UK splits into two jobs that people often muddle together. Sow the seed indoors between late February and early April, then plant out from mid May in a greenhouse and from late May into early June outdoors, once the frosts have finished. … Read more