Growing tomatoes from seed is easy and there's a huge range of delicious varieties to choose from. Follow our easy care guide and sow during late February and March for a good summer crop.
How to sow
Scatter seeds thinly across the surface of 7.5cm (3in) pots filled with compost and cover with a thin layer of vermiculite.
Label and put on a windowsill.
Move seedlings into separate 7.5cm (3in) pots in about eight weeks.
When roots come through the drainage holes put into a 12.5cm (5in) pot.
When the first flowers have appeared, plant out and secure to a cane.
Regularly tie the tomato plant to the cane for support.
Keep the compost moist, feed weekly with tomato fertiliser and remove side shoots.
After four trusses (or branches of flowers) have formed, nip out top of plant.
