How to Grow Tomatoes

10 TIPS FOR GROWING TOMATOES

These 10 tips for growing tomatoes will ensure that you have the biggest, most beautiful, juiciest and tastiest tomatoes you've ever had!

#1. GIVE THEM SPACE & SUN

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Tomatoes always thrive best when they're planted at least 36 inches apart, and 4-5 feet apart in rows. Give them plenty of space, and they'll reward you with plenty of fruit. Choose a spot that will get the MOST sunlight possible in a day (at least 10 hours!).

#2. ROTATE YOUR CROP

To ensure healthy tomatoes, alternate your tomato beds between different spots in the garden. This will diminish the risk of soil-borne diseases.

#3. SAY NO TO OVERGROWN TRANSPLANTS

Did you know that tomato seedlings with lush green starts have poor root systems? Get rid of them before they have a chance to grow, otherwise they'll take twice as long to produce!

#4. BURY THE STEMS

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Plant your tomato seedlings up to the first true leaves. New roots will sprout very quickly onto the stems, and that means more fruit!

#5. WATER DEEPLY AND INFREQUENTLY

At the height of summer, soak your plants once a week and directly onto the soil – never on the leaves.

#6. PINCH THE RUNTS

Pinch off non-fruiting branches so that your tomato plant can focus all of its energy into producing bigger, healthier fruit.

#7. STAKE THEM

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When growing tomatoes, keep in mind that they love the climb. Stick a stake that's at all 6 feet tall right at the time of transplanting. Doing it later can cause root damage.

#8. TRIM AND COMPOST

While your tomatoes are growing, encourage more growth by adding compost around the stem and trimming some of the upper leaves.

#9. PLANT AGAIN

About three weeks after your transplant, go ahead and plant again. This is important because you don't want all of your tomatoes coming it all at once.