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Tomatoes Outdoors UK Follow These Steps To Increase Success
Outdoor tomatoes are the most popular UK summer veg to grow. I know they’re a fruit but you get what I mean.
They’re actually quite high effort and that’s why it’s surprising that so many first-time gardeners start off with growing them. There are easier things to try.
But do they reward that effort? Some years, yes, others no.
This also depends on where in the UK you are based.
The biggest piece of advice I’d give is to try growing some from seed, if you fail, buy or ask for some young plants in June. As you grow them you can frantically research tomatoes and go on forums and watch endless videos about their cultivation. After your first season you’ll be hooked.
Some varieties that are tried and tested and work most years in the UK
Cherry types:
Sungold F1 - Quite a prolific producer and a vigorous plant. I’ve had success with this on a number of years and it produces very sweet golden orange cherry tomatoes
Honeycomb F1 - Another great tasting orange cherry tomato. Dipak from Raw London Gardener grew these in his garden this year and wrote a rave review.
“Sun baby” - Produces a yellow tomato. I grew some from seed this year and due to a mix up I gave them away to a friend thinking they were more of the Romas I had in abundance. They grew very successfully and produced large bunches of cherries that ripened by early/mid August.
“Red Cherry” - Another packet of free seeds from a gardening magazine but these ave reliably given me a crop of cherries in most years outdoors. Easily and cheapy available
“Gardeners Delight” - A heritage UK variety tried and tested for many generations. Some say that the seed has become compromised over the years and isn’t as good but I’m still a fan. The size of the tomatos are variable and some are almost a salad tomato rather than a cherry.
“Primabella” - I’ve seen several reliable sources saying that this German tomato has good blight resistance. Unlike the “crimson” varieties it’s not an F1 so you can save the seeds and grow the same tomato the next year, saving you money on expensive seeds.
“Latah” - I believe pronounced like lay-tah. As in, “See ya latah, alligator”. A very early cherry tomato. Some have claimed to have had fruit by June on these outdoors!
Patio Varieties
Tumbling Tom - If you want a tomato that you can grow in a pot and not bother with any pruning then this is a good one. Early ripening and great for a first time grower or someone with a limited space.
Salad Types
Ailsa Craig - A Scottish heritage variety that tastes great and produces a decent sized crop.
Alicante - Another easily and cheaply available seed that produces a reliable crop of tasty toms.
Bloody Butcher - A very early variety that has potato like leaves. These are apparently great tasting too.
Stupice - Very similar to Bloody Butcher in that it’s an early potato leaved variety. I’m trying this next year.
Outdoor Girl - I’m trying this next year because of a few people I trust saying they’re great. They can withstand the tempestuous weather here and they’re apparently delicious. They have an RHS award of garden merit too.
Beefsteaks
You’re rolling the dice with these outside.
St Pierre - This has given me quite a few ripe tomatoes but a lot more green ones. They’ve been great for fried green tomatoes but they’re started to get blight before most are ripe. They make a great sauce too because of the dense flesh and few seeds.
I've still yet to find a tasty beefsteak I've regularly harvested from outdoor plants.
With thousands of varieties of tomatoes to choose from I hope this list narrows it down a bit. I personally think that the cherry types are the most versatile in that you can use them for anything. Sauces, salads and snacking, they’ll do it. And they have the advantage of ripening quickly in a short season.
BlightSpy - blightspy.huttonltd.com/#/forecast
This gives a forecast for your area to give warnings about when blight favourable conditions are about. This can increase your chance of getting your crops through these periods. If you know when you have to be vigilant with pruning it helps.
Other Channels with great resources for UK outdoor tomatoes:
In the Garden With Eli and Kate - Several videos about growing tomatoes outdoors over two seasons in the central belt of Scotland. They’ve had success even in years affected by blight and in poor years (like this year). Their growing conditions are at about the limit of what tomatoes can take being several hundred miles north of me.
Ivan’s Gardening Allotment UK - Loads of demonstrations on tomato care, sowing and varieties suitable for outdoor growing. No nonsense and to the point videos. Much unlike my verbose, drawn out overly complicated explanations.
My Family Garden - Mothin grows a lot of tomatoes outdoors in his garden in Leeds. His Channel is a wealth of information for all fruit and veg gardening.
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  • @Nickstart-d7y
    @Nickstart-d7y День тому

    Thanks for sharing that was interesting insight 👍

  • @IndianMaidProducts
    @IndianMaidProducts 2 дні тому

    Thank you for the short ass succinct version!

  • @Ariwakikilla
    @Ariwakikilla 3 дні тому

    Adding politicians should give ya a very rich soil 🥰

    • @tecmow4399
      @tecmow4399 2 дні тому

      @@Ariwakikilla anything so full of 💩 will make excellent manure

  • @leewoodhouse238
    @leewoodhouse238 4 дні тому

    If I trim my conifer tree and its fresh is this green or brown? Great video!!! Thank you

  • @McRaeJim
    @McRaeJim 4 дні тому

    Brilliant. You get to the information rather than being cute. Great video, great information

  • @campbelltown1234.
    @campbelltown1234. 6 днів тому

    Didn't know you could split them like that. Keep looking at mine in the garden thinking I'll just give it a few more days. Lol

  • @lunarsuperstar
    @lunarsuperstar 7 днів тому

    The comparison I would use is, "Is a Swiss Knife useless?" After all for every tool there on the knife, we can find a much better especialized version for the job. I would think of this knife (hori hori) in the same way, it won't ever compare with a shovel, actual saw and some other tools like that, but, it will be very much handy when you don't want or can't use those tools, be it for practicity and easy of carry, or just laziness.

  • @elizabethwilson9983
    @elizabethwilson9983 8 днів тому

    Cheers for the straightforward tips. I’ve just started composting using a large dustbin, drilled hols in it as someone said it needs airflow? Problem I have is I can’t turn it over as I can’t reach the bottom 😳 praying it still works.

  • @jeremynorman1330
    @jeremynorman1330 8 днів тому

    What an absolutely brilliant video. Common sense

  • @jonathanravenhilllloyd2070
    @jonathanravenhilllloyd2070 8 днів тому

    Beefcake Garden Daddy, any thoughts on hedging Pyracantha? I'm in Spain. Got it on good authority the Pyra is Spanish summer hardy once established. You reckon I could hedge it, Olde Britishe Style? Given six-ish years of vertical thrustage pre-lay...

  • @JaapAardappel
    @JaapAardappel 9 днів тому

    Love the British humour

  • @kpbarbee
    @kpbarbee 9 днів тому

    I bought a Keter shed for my cabin property. Nearly every single piece was cracked and the metal bars were bent. I wouldn't recommend Keter if you want quality.

  • @sewingbreesinger4831
    @sewingbreesinger4831 10 днів тому

    Subbed for commentary! 😂😂😂

  • @HongJosephine
    @HongJosephine 10 днів тому

    Sifu😂Thanks this video what You taught my drain is very clean Same morning swept up lots leaves and soil blocked drain buckets poured on Shrubs and sugar canes the drain is cleaner in advance of Xmas revision done on 20/12/2024 so easy thanks to your Genius ness of Your brains🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊 Kudos to You hee Hee Hee

  • @CWorgen5732
    @CWorgen5732 11 днів тому

    DUDE I'm going to get SUCH an eyebrow from the family if they hear your remarks 😂

    • @tecmow4399
      @tecmow4399 11 днів тому

      “Hey mom, is this true?”

  • @SaidAlSeveres
    @SaidAlSeveres 11 днів тому

    Lmaoooo ❤

  • @HongJosephine
    @HongJosephine 12 днів тому

    Profesor Thanks That s best idea l will work on it at 6 am if no rain soon ie 4 hrs From Now Kudos 5 star🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊

  • @lnk3503
    @lnk3503 12 днів тому

    The forgotten point of it was for people in 3rd world countries that pedestrianed a long way to tend to a garden in a variety of ways, without having prior knowledge of what they would be doing, it's meant to be a portable, small, garden- hand's multi-tool. It's meant to be capable of almost any gardening job, but not meant to be efficient at anything.

  • @jonathanravenhilllloyd2070
    @jonathanravenhilllloyd2070 12 днів тому

    I love how filthy your channel has become.

  • @tiffanyholman4028
    @tiffanyholman4028 12 днів тому

    I was not expecting that very specific fantasy. 😂😂😂

    • @tecmow4399
      @tecmow4399 11 днів тому

      What’s most personal is most universal 😂

  • @420yoloswag4jesuss
    @420yoloswag4jesuss 12 днів тому

    Hilarious 😂

  • @denisdufresne5338
    @denisdufresne5338 12 днів тому

    The best composting method is surface composting, just as nature does. It retains the most nutrients, but is time-consuming and not suitable when you have a lot of material to compost. The second is cold lacto-fermented composting (Walter Witte's improved method). This method is easy to do, doesn't require turning, produces living compost quickly and loses virtually no nutrients through evaporation of CO2. And the third is hot composting. This is the worst method, as it produces compost that is not very lively, less bio-diverse and 60% of its content is lost in CO2 emissions.

  • @CinnamonBear-xv4eq
    @CinnamonBear-xv4eq 12 днів тому

    How long did it take you?

  • @cfb36
    @cfb36 12 днів тому

    Pardon my ignorance, google says the red banana looking fruits that plant produces aren’t edible, is that true? If so, why? Is it poisonous or does it just taste bad?

    • @tecmow4399
      @tecmow4399 11 днів тому

      It doesn’t flower in this climate so I’ve never seen them tbh. I imagine they’re just a bit bitter 🤷🏼‍♂️ I know they have tons of uses for the plant in east Africa but I don’t know about the fruits

  • @justinlau3960
    @justinlau3960 13 днів тому

    An old fridge freezer is a great idea

  • @andrewwoodgate3769
    @andrewwoodgate3769 14 днів тому

    Oooh beard 😋

  • @sianwarwick633
    @sianwarwick633 14 днів тому

    Woah ! Haha. Ok. Saw a truck filled with uprooted annuals - public plants > compost; too bad

  • @dowkinners4106
    @dowkinners4106 14 днів тому

    Subbed for the comedy alone 😂😂

    • @tecmow4399
      @tecmow4399 14 днів тому

      I try exceptionally hard ngl 🙏

    • @tecmow4399
      @tecmow4399 14 днів тому

      I try exceptionally hard ngl 🙏 thank you

  • @dowkinners4106
    @dowkinners4106 14 днів тому

    😂😂

  • @Karl-p6h
    @Karl-p6h 14 днів тому

    So funny and at the same time very informative!!! Hope the baby is ok and you guys are both well 👍🏻

    • @tecmow4399
      @tecmow4399 14 днів тому

      Thanks so much! He’s doing very well thanks. Such a little cutie growing every day 😊

  • @mitchahbw
    @mitchahbw 18 днів тому

    waste of time, video doesn't say much at all

  • @jeremyjanousek1743
    @jeremyjanousek1743 18 днів тому

    Fly-tipped means littered for those who may not know.

  • @CatholicSoldierX
    @CatholicSoldierX 19 днів тому

    I do think that if you want to mix up your garden with exotic plants, that you make sure the exotic plants aren’t invasive/ damaging to the local species.

  • @roshnireddy2521
    @roshnireddy2521 22 дні тому

    Wow, thanks. God bless

  • @Mmmmm173
    @Mmmmm173 24 дні тому

    You left your trowel????? Noooooo, o dear dear 😂. I left my blower, mower, looper, spades, rakes, lost everything that I could. And it’s not funny. Memory problems? Yes 😂😂 I still got my head on me though. Just wait, 😂🤭

  • @kaittemurry4740
    @kaittemurry4740 24 дні тому

    What about veggie food trimmings from the kitchen?

  • @gp5952
    @gp5952 25 днів тому

    Can i put pumice or lava rock at the bottom of planting pots instead of gravel. Is it safe for plants?

  • @YourYerbaMate
    @YourYerbaMate 26 днів тому

    While I loved your video I have to ask... does anyone give a damn about the environmental impact of the shed they build in their garden? Like... for real, and not just for likes?

  • @normski4ash
    @normski4ash 29 днів тому

    Huw Edwards ! Funnier freudian slip now we know !!! Nice vlog too.

  • @iambeiam
    @iambeiam 29 днів тому

    I love that you’ve made your explanation not scientific it makes your video much more interesting. Greens and browns is a good way to make the idea stick.

  • @mandimoore4946
    @mandimoore4946 Місяць тому

    I have 4 acres I'm planning on turning into one giant Hobbit/Cottage style garden for a wedding venue. Right now it's bare ground. I'm planting cover crops for the winter, but I'm overwhelmed with what to do for spring. I'm in the US, zone 5 with brutal summers, so everything must be native or extremely hardy. I'll be concentrating on paths, a pond, and trees/shrubs this next year, so whatever I can do for the bulk of the land that is low effort is best. Wish me luck and pray my ADHD doesn't bog me down!

  • @lt7388
    @lt7388 Місяць тому

    I love the view my garden gives to my neighbors, just fits

    • @tecmow4399
      @tecmow4399 Місяць тому

      Very generous of you to give them a fine view

  • @sharedcal8717
    @sharedcal8717 Місяць тому

    Come for pruning. Leave for coming.😅 thanks for helping me with my wood... pruning.

  • @sharedcal8717
    @sharedcal8717 Місяць тому

    0:35 was that meant to sexy... come for compost, leave with a new standard of sexy 😅

    • @tecmow4399
      @tecmow4399 Місяць тому

      Only you can be the judge of that 😜

  • @maryportfc
    @maryportfc Місяць тому

    We certainly wont be watching Hugh Edwards again.😀

    • @tecmow4399
      @tecmow4399 Місяць тому

      Not outside of a court room 😅

  • @carolinegathercole8473
    @carolinegathercole8473 Місяць тому

    I compost in plastic dustbins

  • @jennynichols3501
    @jennynichols3501 Місяць тому

    I mowed my lawn short and raked it for days, lots of moss, scattered yellow rattle last autumn but none came through, I have devil's bit scabious doing well also primroses dandelion and fox and cubs, goats beard, and clover and yarrow Not sure when to mow though, or do I just leave it throughout the winter?

  • @sianwarwick633
    @sianwarwick633 Місяць тому

    Ed China had a neat trick which pissed off a lot of his viewers - he reloaded all of his earlier videos, after he had become better monetised. He used new more attention-grabbing thumbnails (goofy cartoon faces, outlined text and [exploding-head] emojis) on his old videos, and then uploaded them under the new thumbnails. Also, shorts. Make shorts of your videos. There's 2 tricks for you.

  • @laurencetitusoates6328
    @laurencetitusoates6328 Місяць тому

    Huw Edwards 😂😂😂

  • @Dr-Sy
    @Dr-Sy Місяць тому

    You ever thought of adding some copper piping under the waste, so it could heat up say water in pipes to a gentle 40c, free heat you could say just routing the piping under the waste.