Tending tomatoes

Homegrown tomatoes need regular tending right though the summer to ensure they get what they need from the soil and are pollinated.

Tomatoes in pots

Karen Sutherland tells us how to grow tomatoes in pots.

Modern heirloom tomatoes

Heirloom tomato seeds have many advantages especially as they are non-hybrid plants from which you can collect seeds and regrow plants that generally grow true to type.

Doing the tomato shake

Shake your tomato flowers to help with pollination and set fruit, writes Penny Woodward.

Tomato time again!

You can never have too many home-grown tomatoes, says PENNY WOODWARD.

Tasty tomatoes

With tomato havest in full swing PENNY WOODWARD says now is the time to try some different cultivars.

Tomato pests and diseases

Common tomato pests and diseases explained, by LINDA COCKBURN.

The hard graft

Grafting your favourite tomato onto pest-resistant root stock will help eradicate tomato disease, writes PHIL DUDMAN.

Tomatoes are smarter than you think

Plants have abilities we can only dream of, reports SIMON WEBSTER.

Add molasses to your pest control kit

Molasses makes a handy addition to any gardener’s pest control kit. You can use it to manage chewing pests like caterpillars as well as root knot nematodes. Here's how.