Tomato growing calendar UK gardeners follow helps you stay one step ahead all season. Knowing what to do each month means healthier plants, fewer problems and bigger harvests.
January – Planning stage
- Choose tomato varieties
- Order seeds
- Clean pots and trays
February – Early sowing
- Sow seeds indoors
- Use heated propagator
- Keep compost moist
March – Seedling care
- Move seedlings to light
- Pot on when true leaves appear
- Start gentle airflow
April – Hardening off
- Introduce plants outdoors gradually
- Protect from frost
- Prepare beds and grow bags
May – Planting out
- Plant after last frost
- Add worm compost to holes
- Install supports
June – Training & feeding
- Pinch side shoots
- Start tomato feed
- Water consistently
July – Flowering
- Shake plants to aid pollination
- Mulch soil
- Watch for blight
August – Heavy fruiting
- Feed weekly
- Remove lower leaves
- Harvest ripe fruit
September – Final harvest
- Pick remaining fruit
- Ripen green tomatoes indoors
- Reduce watering
October – Clear down
- Remove plants
- Clean supports
- Add compost to beds
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Final thoughts
Tomato growing calendar UK growers stick to keeps everything simple. Do the right task at the right time and tomatoes reward you all summer.
