Chilli & Tomato Guides

Harvesting and Ripening Tomatoes: How Green Fruit Turns Ripe

Tomatoes are ready to harvest once they show their variety's typical colour, give slightly and come off easily. Healthy green fruit can be picked before cold nights and ripened further at room temperature.

What to Do With Your Tomato Harvest? 10 Ideas

Ripe tomatoes can be eaten fresh, turned into sauce, passata, salsa or chutney, dried or frozen. Sort the harvest by ripeness and tomato type before processing larger quantities.

How to Sow Tomato Seeds - Step by Step

Sowing tomatoes sounds simple, but it has its pitfalls: the right soil, the right sowing depth, the right germination conditions. We show you everything - or take this step off your hands entirely.