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Friday 7 May 2021

Sharing our knowledge of Tomato plants!

Megan shared what she knew about growing tomato plants with Rainbow class.


Megan's presentation 

These are the steps on how to grow your own tomatoes and have lots of delicious tomatoes by the end of the summer!


The first step is you need the seeds. You can get these from a garden center or supermarket such as Morrisons or Tesco. You can also get the seeds from the tomatoes themselves. All you have to do is get some tomatoes and take the seeds out of them and put them on a towel or a piece of kitchen roll. 


Secondly, you plant the seeds in a small pot or tub. To do this you need to fill the pot or tub to the top with soil/compost. Next, make a small hole in the soil/compost and place the seed/seeds in the hole and cover in more soil/compost. Lastly, you water them. These plants are grown between April and September. 


To keep them healthy and alive you need to put them outside in the day time and at night time put them into a greenhouse or on a windowsill on frosty and cold nights. In the summer, you can keep them outside at night too. Also, all year round you need to water them so they can drink and they won't die off. 


When they start to get bigger and start growing out the pot or tub you need to transfer them into a bigger pot or tub or even in the ground. 

If your plant is in the ground when it's cold you can get a large pop bottle and cut it in half and put it over. Why is this? This is because they need to be covered up or inside at night in the winter to prevent them from freezing and dying. 


After a while, your plant will begin to grow quite tall and will start to flop over and could possibly snap. To stop this from happening you need to put a cane in and tye a piece of string around the plant and the cane; a cane just looks like a really long stick. In this process, you also need to keep them well watered. 


In the process of this happening, the plant will start to flower and soon will start to get tomatoes on. There are lots of types of tomatoes such as golden, beef, cherry, red and more. 


Lastly, when you can see the tomatoes are fully ripe (this means the colour of the tomato on the picture or what they looked like depending on what seeds you used) you can pick them off and enjoy them!


I hope this inspired you to grow a tomato this year!