12/10/2026
If you haven’t already It’s definitely time to trim your tomatoes and encourage as many fruits to ripen. I remove any flowers as these will not produce fruit this year, any side shoots and most of the leaves. This allows increased exposure to light and encourages the plant to put energy into ripening the fruit. Some of you may be way ahead of me on this and some may have brought your tomatoes in to ripen on a windowsill next to some bananas! I like to give my tomatoes as much time as possible on the vine. Being in the south of England I am hopeful we will still have just enough sunshine and warm days left 🤞