Tomato (Regular) Growing Guide Solanum lycopersicum Crop Rotation Group Solanaceae (Potato and tomato family) ● Soil Rich soil with plenty of added compost. Position Sunny position. Frost tolerant No. Feeding Weekly liquid feed from mid summer onwards. Spacing Single Plants: 50cm (1' 7") each way (minimum) Rows: 45cm (1' 5") with 60cm (1' 11") row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Sow in pots under cover in mid spring and plant out in early summer. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Notes Tie upright types to canes with string to support the weight of the fruit. Remove side shoots which grow in the angle between the leaf stems and the main stem of the plant. Harvesting Pick regularly as soon as the fruits are ripe. This encourages production of more tomatoes. Troubleshooting Blossom end rot patches on the bottom of fruits are a nutritional disorder best prevented by growing tomatoes in well-prepared soil with constant light moisture. Yellow leaves indicate lack of magnesium, so apply liquid feed. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Tomato (Regular) Aphids (General) Leaf Miner Slug Snail Tomato Leaf Miner Plant Diseases which Affect Tomato (Regular) Late Blight Tobacco Mosaic Virus Tomato Early Blight Tomato Fusarium Wilt Tomato Powdery Mildew Tomato Root Knot Nematodes Tomato Septoria Leaf Spot Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus Verticillium Wilt
