Tomato plants in smaller pots need to be potted on into a larger pot with a large volume of compost so they can grow big.

Variety
Choose a variety that suits your conditions. On the windowsill a dwarf bush tomato suits well, on the balcony a small bush tomato or a trailing tomato. Against a warm house wall, large bush tomatoes and tall-growing early varieties, and in a greenhouse, where you can grow all varieties.

Do this with your tomato plant
Fill a large pot or bucket with holes in the base about halfway with Blomsterlandet’s Professional Growers’ Compost, and set the whole root ball slightly deeper than it stood before, so new roots grow out from the stem. The plant then becomes sturdier.
Top up with compost.
Press the compost down lightly – not on the root ball.
Water generously.

Tip! Remember that plants in pots need more water and feed than plants grown in the ground.

Outdoors* or in a greenhouse
Remember to choose outdoor tomatoes, or tomatoes for outdoor growing, if you want to grow tomatoes outdoors in the ground.
Remove the plant pot and set the whole root ball slightly deeper than it stood before, so new roots grow out from the stem too.
Water generously so the soil turns to a slurry the first time.
If you grow in a greenhouse, remember not to plant the plants too close together, preferably 40–50 cm between the plants.
* By outdoors we mean planting directly in the ground

Watch out for the cold!
The plants must be hardened off (accustomed to standing outdoors) when it is about 10 degrees above zero outdoors. Let them stand out for just a few hours the first days.

Care
Place the plant in the sun, e.g. on the balcony or patio. Water regularly, keep the compost moist; it must be neither dry nor wet. Add feed. Shake the plant lightly when they flower to increase pollination. Remove side shoots (the shoots that grow out in the leaf axils; they take energy from the plant). Bush and trailing tomatoes don’t need to be pinched out.

The picture shows how to remove side shoots, or so-called suckers.

Tying up
Upright-growing tomatoes need support. Tie the plant to a bamboo cane, tomato spiral or similar. (there are many different aids for tying up plants in your Blomsterlandet shop).

Harvesting
Harvest the tomatoes when they are ripe, and store them at room temperature. They lose their good flavour in the fridge. Any tomatoes that don’t have time to ripen in autumn you pick off and let ripen on the windowsill. Green tomatoes can be fried or used for jam or chutney.

Good luck with your tomato plants!