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last years compost

On 24/01/2013 in forum

I grow potatoes and tomatoes and cucumbers in pots and grobags abd potato bags and hanging baskets every year .At the end of the season I am left with half full bags pots etc of compost which I usually put on the garden.I am struggling to find more


WHITE LEAVES

On 05/06/2012 in forum

to "pinching out"tomatoes - it all depends on the type of tomato that you are growing.  Those which are best trained to prevent them from using up their energy in side shoots, should have the shoots that develop where leaves branch from the main stem removed


Greenhouse job checklist - week 28

On 23/11/2011 in Greenhouse checklists

Pinch out tomato sideshoots developing from the main stemFit automatic vent openers to help control air flow and fit extra low-level louvre vents if requiredTie in tomato shoots to their supports. Water daily to prevent the compost drying out, which


green manure and crop rotation from strawberries to tomatoes

On 16/09/2012 in forum

I have been growing strawbs for a couple of years in a raised bed.  Today I cleared the bed and moved 9 of the plants to a newly manured different raised bed.  In the old one, I want to prepare it for next year's tomatoes by planting a green manure


Tomato rot?

On 20/09/2012 in forum

Hi there, Its my first time growing tomatoes in the greenhouse. Almost all the tomatoes on the lowest trusses have some kind of rot / infection. See pic below  I'd love to know what's wrong how to avoid it next year Can I compost them


What fruit veg could i plant in a shady garden(peas, strawberries)?

On 29/02/2012 in forum

can trim so i doesn't get to big. we get the sun in the morning, but not that often though, hope you can help. thanks   Broad beans & peas should be ok but french beans prefer full sun. Could try dwarf broad bean variety. Tomato plants worth a try


Venus Flytraps

On 23/04/2012 in forum

from damage - still got them after winter and they are happily looking out for my early growing tomatoes already


Greenhouse job checklist - week 21

On 23/11/2011 in Greenhouse checklists

Regularly water crops in pots and growing bags, daily if needed in warm weather Plant trailing tomatoes in hanging basketsFeed young plants weekly with a solution of liquid fertiliserVentilate the greenhouse during the day, but close vents


Tomatoes

On 08/06/2012 in forum

suggests that saved seeds grow true to type, suggesting it's not a hybrid, which is unusual for supermarket "exclusives". The tomato might well exist under another already established name. Tomato history is littered with the re-naming of established


Planting Tomato

On 30/04/2013 in forum

way is best for me need to know.Lots of question are waiting ? thanks in advance Jason, afraid you lost me on that, do you mean to plant Tomato's into grass?We grow Tomato's in pots and many other things too, as to where you put the pots depends


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