Tomatoes
Tomato Seeds
Tomatoes are one of the most rewarding vegetables to grow, producing an abundance of delicious fruits bursting with flavour, colour and freshness. Whether you prefer sweet cherry tomatoes, traditional salad varieties, large beefsteak tomatoes or exhibition-quality fruits, there is a tomato to suit every greenhouse, polytunnel and sunny garden. Home-grown tomatoes are renowned for their superior taste compared with supermarket produce, as they can be harvested fully ripe, delivering outstanding sweetness, texture and aroma. With modern varieties offering improved disease resistance, excellent yields and prolonged cropping, tomatoes remain one of the UK’s most popular vegetable crops.
For the best results, tomato seeds should be started indoors from late winter into early spring using quality Propagation Equipment. A ROOT!T Heat Mat provides the gentle bottom warmth needed for fast, reliable germination, while the ROOT!T 42W LED Grow Light encourages compact, healthy seedlings with strong root systems. Starting plants under controlled conditions extends the growing season and allows gardeners to produce earlier harvests of high-quality fruit.
Once seedlings have developed several true leaves, transplant them into individual pots using premium Growing Media such as Jiffy PRO7 Coco 70/30 These professional growing media provide excellent drainage, moisture retention and root aeration, encouraging vigorous root development before plants are transferred into greenhouse borders, grow bags, raised beds or large containers.
Tomatoes thrive in a warm, sunny position with fertile, well-drained soil and consistent watering throughout the growing season. Regular feeding once the first trusses have formed will encourage heavy crops of beautifully flavoured fruit. Indeterminate (cordon) varieties benefit from being trained up canes or strings with side shoots removed, while bush varieties require very little pruning. Harvest fruits as they fully ripen to enjoy the finest flavour and continue picking regularly to encourage further production well into autumn.
At Fosters Seeds we offer a carefully selected range of tomato varieties chosen for their excellent germination, vigour and exceptional eating quality. Over the past 38 years, Keith Foster has introduced some of the finest tomato varieties for both the show bench and the kitchen garden. His emphasis has always been on combining outstanding exhibition qualities with superb flavour, ensuring that growers never have to choose between appearance and taste. Whether you are looking for large exhibition tomatoes, reliable greenhouse crops or exceptionally sweet cherry varieties, our seed is selected to deliver healthy plants, abundant harvests and first-class eating quality. Browse our complete range of Vegetable Seeds, Propagation Equipment and Growing Media to give your tomato plants the very best start and enjoy exceptional home-grown harvests throughout the season.
