Growing terrific tomatoes

It doesn’t matter how much room you have in your garden – there’s always room for tomatoes! Here’s how you can grow your own cherry tomatoes in a hanging basket

For this activity, you’ll need:

2-3 trailing cherry tomato plants
A hanging basket and liner
Compost
Slow-release fertiliser
Tomato feed

Step 1: Getting your basket ready

Choose a basket that’s strong – a wire metal one works best
Then add your liner making sure it covers the whole basket
Fill your basket with compost and mix in some slow-release fertiliser

Step 2: Planting your tomatoes

You’ll need 2 or 3 plants
Make a hole in the compost for each of the plants and make sure they’re covered right up to the stems
Loosen the soil around the roots before you plant them
Once you plant them, give them plenty of water

Step 3: Find the right spot

Once your hanging basket is ready, you’ll have to find the right spot
Tomatoes need about 6 hours of sun a day
Keep it away from the shade of trees or roofs
You might need to keep it in a heated greenhouse or in a porch until the weather is hot enough

Step 4: Watering and feeding

Your hanging basket will probably need watered every day
On warmer days, they might even need watered twice
When the yellow flowers start to appear, they’ll need fed too – any tomato feed will work, just get an adult to help you follow the instructions on the bottle
They’re ready to pick when they turn bright red