Tomatoes Reviews

I plan on writing a lot of vegetable reviews, I will begin with the trusty tomato! I first grew these myself 3 years ago and find it one of the easiest and most profitable and rewarding things to grow. I will try and break down the various steps involved in growing the tomatoes that I have taken personally, obviously how you grow them ...  Read the complete review

INTRODUCTION   As it's British Tomato Week starting on May 21 st, I thought a review about tomatoes would be timely right now as it would give you enough time and incentive to get some seeds planted so that when May comes, you'll have a stock of healthy plants that will give you their juicy fruits a month or two after that. ...  Read the complete review

Key to the humble BLT, perfect with a pasta sauce, and great in a salad. The tomato is so versatile, tasty and actually rather beautiful. On top of that they are quite rewarding to grow. A pack of seeds cost a couple of quid, and you get so many different varieties, from cherry, to plum, to giant stuffers, and in some pretty incredible ...  Read the complete review

One of the first things I remember about my young childhood was sneaking into one of my grandmothers massive greenhouses and feasting on the tiny baby tomatoes literally between 5p piece and 10p piece size which had ripened but not grown. They were deliciously sweet and seemed like a treat not a fruit (which is what they are, not a ...  Read the complete review

My Families Experience with Tomatoes Personally I am not overly fond of the things unless they are fried, roasted or stuffed though my dad loves them so much he cannot have a meal with ought them the same with my granda too, so me and my mother for the last few years have been trying our hand at growing them, without much ...  Read the complete review

I have had a love/hate relationship with tomatoes. When I was a little lad, I used to love this rhyme and can remember my Dad bouncing babies of all generations on his knee and reciting it. Old Tom Tomato, like a red ball Basks in the sunshine by the garden wall Along comes Bellroyd with his mouth open ...  Read the complete review

I love tomatoes but my obsession is really only a recent thing as my tastebuds have developed as I became older and the memories of the cartoon featuring killer tomatoes have subsided. My favourite way to eat them is hot. There is honestly nothing better than some oven roasted on the vine tomatoes packed full of flavour which ...  Read the complete review

Excellent to plant and watch grow with your children. Growing up my parents always had an allotment and as children we loved going along and getting messy, ahem, I mean helping! Now with children of our own we like to visit grandad on the allotment, to get messy, dig, water and pick seasonal produce. The ...  Read the complete review

One summers day last year I suddenly had an urge - an urge to grow some vegetables. So I took a trip to our local garden centre and explained to the sales assistant that I'd had this urge, and that I didn't have the foggiest what I wanted to grow or how I should go about doing so! She suggested tomatoes as a good starting ...  Read the complete review

Tomatoes as every body knows is a general berry used in most of the cuisines. Its botanical name is Solanum Lycopersicum as it belongs from the family Solanaceae and has the antioxidant named Lycopene. It is categorised as berry as it is a link between fruit and vegetable, however vegetable has got its name only in cuisine ...  Read the complete review

We still have our tomato on the vine, it have been slow to ripen this year as the summer weather wasn't good. We love tomato and we loved to grow them. I am not going to give a full description about tomato as all of us are familiar with it. Tomato belongs to the nightshade family similar to chilli pepper and ...  Read the complete review

I have a love hate relationship with certain foods, and tomatoes are definitely one of them. I will eat it in certain forms, such as in bolognase or ketchup squeezed over chips and soup but pop a slice in my salad or sandwich and will avoid it like the plague. (However if I'm feeling slightly lazy, I will just leave it in there, and ...  Read the complete review

Tomatoes are an essential staple in the diet of my household. They are so versatile especially as, besides fresh, you can find them tinned, pureed, sun-dried, 'ketchuped' and, of course, 'souped', so there is never an excuse to be without them. I add tomatoes to many meals; one favourite way of serving them is something I ...  Read the complete review

Tomatoes are an extremely versatile......... fruit?... vegetable?... there has always been the argument about the actual classification of the tomato. People often call it a vegetable, whilst many call it a fruit - however, according to Wikipedia, its actually a berry. There are around forty types of tomato, each exhibiting ...  Read the complete review

From grannie's kitchen to haute cuisine there has always been a place for the humble tomato. Tomatoes are one of my favourite fruits as they are bright and pretty to look at and very versatile. Unfortunately I have never had a lot of success growing them but it doesn't really matter as you can buy tomatoes from most ...  Read the complete review

The tomato is native to South America and was introduced to Europe in the 1500s. In South America they are very vigorous and fruit copiously, but over here they need a little bit more love and attention. I was always put off growing tomatoes because I'd heard they were tricky and not worth the effort, but they're really not that hard ...  Read the complete review

Technically a fruit, rather than a vegetable, the tomato must be one of the most versatile products grown in a vegetable garden. Most people, when they think of tomatoes, think mainly of the round, red, golf ball sized fruit which can be used in salads, or fried with the early morning bacon. In truth, this is only one variety. Tomatoes ...  Read the complete review

Poo to tomatoes, unless they're in a sauce. (Or a tin) - Advantages: Makes a tasty sauce, Brighten sup Ready Steady Cook, Tinned Ones are nice - Disadvantages: When Raw, they are the food of the devil!, People put them in Beefburgers!, Squidgy texture. Nasty

If you read the personal profile of my good friend clissoldjones, you will see that he claims, at least momentarily: ‘when I eat a tomato I become....tomato man!!’ You can take my word for it that he does not, but nevertheless it was a good quotation. My personal view on tomatoes has, throughout ...  Read the complete review

PRODUCT.... SUTTONS TOMATO F' TUMBLER WHAT THE PACKET SAYS...... Perfect for baskets and tubs,delicious small glossy fruit,easy to grow for patio or garden,colourful container grown with flowers,no need for stopping or pinching. MY STORY..... Myself my husband and our children moved home last ...  Read the complete review