• Home
  • About
    • Projects
      • en10ergy ltd.
        • Solar power at school
        • How en10ergy works
    • History
    • Join us
    • Volunteer role – social media
    • Privacy Policy
  • Get involved
  • Help & Advice
    • Your footprint
      • Carbon calculators
    • Homes
      • Green Open Homes 2023
      • Green Open Homes 2022
      • Green open homes 2021
      • Retrofit Advice Service
      • Just moved in?
      • Cutting home energy
      • Renewable heat and power
      • Government incentives and finance
      • Trusted installers
      • Local Green Homes
        • Green Open Homes 2020 Online
        • Green Open Homes 2019
        • Hot Tips for Warm Homes 2018
        • Green Open Homes 2018
          • Open homes Sunday 4th November 2018
          • Open Homes Saturday 10th November 2018
      • Your home energy fitness
        • DIY Draught-busting
        • Thermal Imaging Camera loan
        • Woodstove wisdom
        • LED Bulbs
      • Advice for landlords
    • Waste
      • Top tips to reduce waste
      • Where our recycling goes
      • Plastic
      • Plastic in the time of Covid
    • Food
      • Sustainable food shopping
      • Shops which refill containers
      • Grow your own
      • Cooking from scratch
        • Fridge-raid borsch
      • Food waste diary
    • Transport
      • Electric vehicles
  • Green Installers/suppliers
    • Local installers
    • Reclaimed and sustainable building materials
  • Resources
    • Webinars
    • Climate change reading (and watching)
    • Green ideas for lockdown
  • What’s on
  • Contact Us

Muswell Hill Sustainability Group

A local website for a global problem

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • News
  • en10ergy ltd.
    • Solar power at school
    • How en10ergy works
  • Campaigns
  • Energy
  • Haringey
  • Waste
  • Homes
    • Your home energy fitness
    • Energy upgrades for homes
  • Transport
  • Schools
You are here: Home / Grow your own food – April: Tomatoes

Grow your own food – April: Tomatoes

1 – Tomatoes

Many of us have some extra time on our hands so why not try growing some of your own food.

Now is the perfect time to get started with some tomatoes.

The variety I suggest starting with if you have never grown them before is a small bush tomato called “Tumbling Tom” which produces deliciously sweet cherry sized fruit. It requires little attention and knowhow once it is installed in a pot outside at the end of May.

The online seed companies are very busy at the moment as people launch into gardening with enthusiasm but there are still T.T. seeds for sale at Kings Seeds.

 www.kingsseeds.com

You will need to sow your seeds by mid April. Sow two seeds each in 7.5cm (3″) pots onto good quality peat-free compost. Cover with 1.5mm of compost and water lightly with a fine-rose watering can. 

(When writing this, Sunshine Garden Centre had just announced that they would take orders for delivery of compost.)

Keep the compost moist, but be careful not to over-water as wet conditions can encourage mould. At a temperature of 21 degrees they usually germinate in 7 to 10 days. Once there are true leaves, (the first two will later die back) remove the smaller plant. 

Position the pots in a light position indoors and water when the compost begins to dry out. Never let them sit in water. Move them outside in a sheltered place by mid May so they can get acclimatized to the wind and cooler nights. Growing several plants means you have a choice of the best to plant out.

A 26cm pot is ideal for one plant. They can also be grown in a hanging basket but will require a lot of watering. Feed weekly once the flowers appear. with tomato feed.

I grow two in large pots in full sun and they continue giving me sweet treats all summer and often well into Autumn.

If you want to give this a try and have any questions do contact me

laila.hj@blueyonder.co.uk

Muswell Hill Sustainability Group

Reducing carbon emissions and waste in Muswell Hill and surrounding areas.

Newsletter Sign Up

Our newsletter mailing is managed by Mailchimp. Read our privacy policy.

Website Email Updates

Sign up now if you'd like to receive an email each time a new article is posted on this website:

Muswell Hill Sustainability Group Events

See our events page for more.

LIKE US ON FACEBOOK

  • Facebook

FOLLOW US ON TWITTER

  • Twitter

Newsletter Sign Up

Copyright © 2023 · Magazine Pro Theme - MHSG edit On Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in