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Which are the best tomatoes to grow? It's not as important as you think! Most modern hybrids will give a good crop and be resistant to disease. I have always liked shirley and alicante but more important is how you treat them!

Here are a couple of simple tips that can help you get some nice juicy tomatoes this year.

1) Plenty of food, always feed your tomatoes - this makes a huge difference. I personally like to use organic fertilisers but there are lots of options. Wilko's wondergrow alternative (I've forgetten the name) is cheap and very effective.

All seems to be going well in the greenhouse and vegetable plot but one thing that has really shocked me are the butternut squash plants - we only have 4 but they are close to 5 floot long now! Every day or so I have to move the tendrils away from lettuces and carrots and try to convince them to grow the other way!

Does anyone know how much bigger they are going to get in terms of length?

We have started to see some flowers but no fruit yet - so I figure they have a while to go yet!

I might be getting a bit ahead of myself but some of my Shirley tomatoes are starting to look a little riper than the others! They are red yet by any stretch of the imagination and it's only the beginning of July but here's to the first tomato of the year!