Growing Tomatoes - BBC Dig In Campaign

This instructional video guide covers how, when and where to sow your to tomatoes.

Tomatoes are one of those things that we all like to grow, you can't beat the flavour of fresh tomatoes picked straight from the plant. Because of the popularity there's an awful lot written about growing tomatoes and it can sound awfully complicated. In fact it's quite straightforward and easy to get a decent crop even if you don't have a greenhouse. There's a series of articles on the site about it as well - see Growing Tomatoes Articles below.

Of course, my books go into a bit more detail! Vegetable Growing Month by Month and
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Growing Tomatoes Guides and Tutorials

• Tomatoes Part 1 - Introduction and Types of Tomatoes
• Tomatoes Part 2 - Sowing and Starting off Tomatoes
• Tomatoes Part 3 - Growing Outdoors, Bush Varieties of Tomatoes
• Tomatoes Part 4 - Grow house and Greenhouse, Cordon Varieties of Tomatoes
• Tomatoes Part 5 - Tomato Troubles and Diseases
• Tomatoes Part 6 - Cultivars, Tried and Tasted Tomatoes
• Water Requirements for Tomatoes
• Heirloom Tomatoes - Heritage Tomatoes
• Tomato Varieties with RHS Award of Garden Merit (Seed Catalogue)
• All Tomato Varieties (Seed Catalogue)

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