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Fact-checked printables for tomato growers, families and schools, plus a short list of kit and books. Every purchase helps keep this site free.
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Tomato printables
Fact-checked PDFs in A4 and US Letter, for tomato growers, families and schools, wherever you grow.
Grow-Your-Own Tomato Planner & Sowing Calendar
Tomato growers everywhere, from balconies to allotments
A month-by-month tomato calendar with RHS, Garden Organic and University of Minnesota timings side by side, a variety planner, a sowing and pricking-out tracker, cordon or bush planting plans, a side-shoot and truss checklist, a feeding and watering log and a season review.
Tomato Harvest Log & Plant Record Book
Gardeners, greenhouse growers and allotment holders
Record every plant: variety, sowing and planting dates, first flowers, trusses set, first ripe fruit, weekly pick weights and notes for next year, with a season summary page.
Tomato Pest & Problem ID Charts
Gardeners and greenhouse growers
Clear wall charts for blight, blossom end rot, splitting, leaf mould, glasshouse whitefly and hornworms, with what the RHS, Garden Organic and UMN Extension say to look for and do. Our own drawings, not ID photos.
Where Food Comes From: Tomato Worksheets for Kids
Ages 5 to 11, families and schools
Label a tomato plant, follow a tomato from seed to salad, a grow-a-tomato diary, fruit or vegetable? sorting, a word search and a true-or-false quiz where every answer is sourced.
Tomato Colouring & Activity Pack
Ages 3 to 9
Colouring pages of the tomato plant, flowers and trusses, a tomato cut in half and harvest day, plus a maze, spot-the-difference and design-your-own-tomato page.
Tomato History & Facts Poster Set
Classrooms, greenhouses and home
Poster pages: the tomato timeline from the 1500s to the early 1900s, fruit or vegetable? and the Supreme Court case Nix v. Hedden, the parts of a tomato plant, cordon or bush, and where the tomato’s names come from.
Best valueThe Complete Tomato Printables Bundle
All six packs plus a bundle guide, A4 and US Letter, in one download. $12.99 instead of $26.44 bought separately.
Free sample
Try before you buy: a free 7-page tomato printables sample. A4 PDF (280 KB) or US Letter PDF (281 KB).
Kit & books
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Seeds and sowing
- Tomato seeds (affiliate link)Garden Organic says there are hundreds of varieties; the RHS says small-fruited ones tend to be the easiest.
- Heated propagators (affiliate link)Tomato seeds need about 18°C to germinate, says the RHS. A warm windowsill and a clear plastic bag also work.
- Small plant pots (affiliate link)For moving seedlings into their own pots once they have a couple of true leaves.
Growing on
- Growing bags (affiliate link)The RHS suggests two plants in a standard growing bag, or one in a 30–45cm pot.
- Canes and stakes (affiliate link)Tomatoes don’t cling to supports by themselves, so tie them in as they grow.
- Garden twine (affiliate link)For tying in, or winding plants round a string.
- Tomato cages (affiliate link)UMN suggests stakes, cages, spirals or trellises, put in at planting time.
Feeding and protecting
- Tomato feed (affiliate link)The RHS says feed container plants every 10–14 days with a high potassium liquid feed once the first fruits start to swell.
- Horticultural fleece (affiliate link)Garden Organic suggests fleece to protect plants from frost at the end of the season.
Books and planners
- Garden planners (affiliate link)Or print our own planner.
- Children’s gardening books (affiliate link)For young growers.
- Grow-your-own vegetable books (affiliate link)Look for advice written for your own climate, and a recent edition.