Tomato Time

Norwich, England
May 4, 2020 9:38am CST
Although I've ordered a couple of tomato plants for my garden I decided I may as well have a go at growing some from seed. I don't have a greenhouse but what I do have is a sunny windowsill in the bathroom, plenty of compost and plant pots and loads of plastic bags that I saved from buying my greengrocery. I'm trying to be more eco friendly so any plastic that I think I can use - from plastic cartons to plastic bags - I put to one side in our garage and reuse. So a month or so ago I put a few seeds in a large pot with some finely sifted compost and then covered the pot with an old bag that had had a cabbage in it. They survived quite well and I've now stood them just outside my back door by my herb tub to get used to the fickle English weather. As you can probably see, they don't seem too upset! And, of course, being frugal, I've washed the cabbage bag that covered the seeds to use again in the future!
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 May 20
Can you grow tomato on balcony?
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• Norwich, England
5 May 20
Yes. All you need is a big pot and some compost. They need plenty of water and plant food every couple of weeks - I usually opt for chicken manure. And of course they do need a bit of sun to ripen them.
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@mrki444 (15149)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
5 May 20
@olliesmum Not bad idea. I think I even saw few on peoples balcony.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
5 May 20
Nice. Hope your tomato plant grows up fine.
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@JudyEv (342100)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 May 20
I have tomato seedlings up too but they are very tiny at the moment.
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
4 May 20
Happy potential future harvest.
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• Agra, India
4 May 20
I love to see tomato plants
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@Starkinds (32712)
• India
4 May 20
Nice plant I hope you will get fresh tomatoes soon
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
4 May 20
The tomato plants seem pretty happy to me.
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