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This is my first year of growing tomatoes in a greenhouse. As there are no bees in greenhouses do I need to manually pollinate the flower trusses ?  If so do I need to buy some sort of solution ? Thanks Chris Tomatoes are self pollinating -you dont

Is it too early to plant out my tomato plants out in grow bags in sunny position? They are in a cold frame at the moment getting used to the colder conditions (they were taking up too much space on the windowsill!!) they're looking strong but I don

I have grown Tomatoes for many years but it is only the last three years i have had a problem with blight. In the past i chose to grow what you may call normal size tomatoes ie shirley Gardeners delight, this year i decided to grow all small

Hello. First year of my greenhouse and my tomatoes have blight. It's on quite a few stems and I don't want to spray. Is it best to cut my losses and bin all the tomato plants (I've read infected material shouldn't be composed)? Can anyone

Hello, I live in dymock ( Gloucester area ) Gloucestershire. I am after around 100 tomato plants. A local garden centre is to costly. I was advised to go to a whole salers. Does anyone know any in Gloucestershire. Thanks Natasha

I have lost my copy of the September 2012 Gardeners World magazine which had an article by Monty re growing tomatoes which taste good and have thin skins. I can't remember the varieties, can anyone help?

Thanks soooo much for the advice here on tomatoes. we have suffered for the last three years with the growing of tomatoes. At the moment we have plants that have Blossom End Rot and also Leaf Mould. At least now we can get it right for next year

The tomatoes in our greenhouse were destroyed by blight last week. This is the first time ever, that we have had blight. Last weekend was spent making all sorts of chutney from the green tomatoes, and we currently have more jars than most

Anyone grow grafted tomato plants? I did but got blight. Still had a reasonable crop but I'm not sure if standard tomatoes are much different. Been growing toms for a few years but don't seem to get as many as I think I should,do. Should foliage

is not tomato it is just an excuse that bad tomato grower use to claim they are growing tomatoes 5. tomato plants in pot need to be fertized more often then those grown in ground.6. the temp of the water used to water the plant should at least 24 c.I would