Hi, Basil growing with tomato plants, helps to repel pests that love tomatoes. In the Med, Basil is used to deter mosquitoes because they don’t like the pungent scent that it omits.
On 5 may i put seeds of the Minibel tomato in litlle pots with soil. The litlle pots where outside, under a plastic tunnel. Today i put the seedlings, 15 of them, in a big plastic 65 liter pot. Now see if they will grow tomatoes :-) grtz from the Netherlands
Hi, i am really new to the growing/planting scene, i have bought myself a small plastic greenhouse and i am dying to try and grow something. I have the tomato seeds, Chilli seeds, Basil, corriander and a few other various herbie seeds, but i notice they are mainly all best seeded early in the year. I was wondering is it to late to plant them, even if not to get any fruit off them but just to establish them for next year. Thanks.
Somebody posted a comment on growing basil with the tomatoes - could someone explain this to me? I am growing tomatoes for the first time this year and any advice is helpful!
basil grown near tomatoes acts as a sacrifice plant for white fly to attack instead, basil and tomatoes also grow well together as in companion planting and the tomatoes taste much nicer when grown with basil.
You can also grow marigolds with Tomatoes as these also help to keep the white fly away. Lynette100, I also to took over from my Dad when he died, thats how I really got into gardening. I got most of the information I needed from Gardeners World on the TV and the magazine, I didn't have a computer then in 1989. Good Luck and stick with it.
Laneylop, I always start my toms off on the kitchen window cill. Just fill a small pot with multipurpose compost and sow your seeds and just put a plastic over it and you should soon see your seedlings coming through. When they a large enough to handle transplant them to small single pots and pop them into your greenhouse, they should be fine. Keep an eye on them to make sure they don't get too wet. Hope this helps.
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grtz from the Netherlands
basil grown near tomatoes acts as a sacrifice plant for white fly to attack instead, basil and tomatoes also grow well together as in companion planting and the tomatoes taste much nicer when grown with basil.
You can also grow marigolds with Tomatoes as these also help to keep the white fly away. Lynette100, I also to took over from my Dad when he died, thats how I really got into gardening. I got most of the information I needed from Gardeners World on the TV and the magazine, I didn't have a computer then in 1989. Good Luck and stick with it.
can i sow tomato seeds now in an unheated greenhouse?
Laneylop, I always start my toms off on the kitchen window cill. Just fill a small pot with multipurpose compost and sow your seeds and just put a plastic over it and you should soon see your seedlings coming through. When they a large enough to handle transplant them to small single pots and pop them into your greenhouse, they should be fine. Keep an eye on them to make sure they don't get too wet. Hope this helps.