Overview

Growing tomatoes is easier than you might think, and can be done in a variety of spaces, including on a balcony, indoors near a window or outside in pots. Versatile, cost-effective and delicious, there are loads of reasons you should give growing your own a go. The Tomato Grower’s Handbook covers everything you need to grow your own and enjoy your plants year on year, no matter what space you’re working with, including: - Preparing the soil - Sowing seeds - Transplanting young plants - Watering and feeding - Pruning and propagating - Tips and tricks to boost your harvest - Troubleshooting advice for when things don’t go to plan There is also information on different varieties to try, as well as simple recipes and ideas for preserving a glut, such as homemade passata, green tomato jam, a tomato salad that promises to maximise flavour and even a whole tomato pasta that makes use of the fruit, leaves and stems.

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9781526697523

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""In this delightful new book, garden writer and horticulturist Farrell opens a universe of possibilities for cultivating robust fruit-bearing plants in pots from pits that would otherwise be cast into the compost. Smartly laid out and replete with colorful photos and strategically organized bullet points, the book guides the average grower to success by means of simple steps . . . The book is accessible to even the most inexperienced gardener. All that is needed is a little patience."" --Publishers Weekly on PLANTS FROM PITS ""[Farrell's] eagerness is infectious."" --Sunday Times Ireland ""Inspirational."" --The Garden

Author Information

Holly Farrell is an award-winning garden writer and author of books including Healing with Plants: The Chelsea Physic Garden Herbal; RHS Plants from Pips; Growing Herbs (Kew Gardener's Guides); RHS Get Growing; Grow Fruit; and Garden Media Guild Award finalists RHS Gardening for Mindfulness and The Jam Maker's Garden. Her most recent titles are The RHS Little Book of Wild Gardening; The Herb Almanac (for Chelsea Physic Garden); and The RHS Little Book of Cut Flower Growing. She is a frequent contributor to The Simple Things magazine and an RHS Wisley-trained horticulturalist (she holds the Wisley Diploma and RHS Certificates in Horticulture). Before moving to Guernsey, Holly was a judge on the Vegetable Forum at RHS Bridgewater.

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