The video below is all about pinching out tomato plants, in particular pinching out the side shoots of tomato plants. In the video: I explain what tomato plant side shoots are I explain how cordon tomato plants grow and why you need to pinch out the side shoots to ensure that your tomatoes will ripen …
In the video below, I show you how to prick out tomato seedlings. Pricking out is the process of transplanting the tomato seedlings from their original seed tray into a pot so that they can grown on. Normally, they would then be grown on in the pot for a few weeks before the tomato plants …
Here I set out 5 easy techniques to help you bring your tomato growing efforts to fruition when your tomatoes are not ripening on the vine. But first let’s answer this question: Why your tomatoes are not turning red There are 3 main reasons why tomatoes fail to ripen and turn red: Too much heat: …
If herbs were a royal family, rather than (a) savoury or fragrant plants used for flavouring food, or (b) characters in an early 70s TV programme for kids then, in my opinion, Basil (Ocimum Basilicum) would be king. But sometimes Basil doesn’t get treated like a king, and we don’t get to see and taste …