How to... grow tomatoes

Bursting with flavour, tomatoes are perfect for the summer

● Grow bags make great impromptu containers. Simply transplant your tomatoes in May or June. Before planting, give the grow bag a good shake to break up and loosen any compacted compost it might contain.

● Tomatoes are hungry and thirsty plants, so water daily (twice daily during hot weather) and add a measure of high-potash liquid tomato feed into your watering can once a week to keep them cropping well.

● To ensure that most of the plant's energy goes into producing fruit, remove any side shoots that grow between the leaf and stem.

● Pinch out the growing tip when the tomato plant has set four or more trusses or clusters of fruit, and your tomatoes will soon begin to swell.

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