Grow your own tomatoes
Tomatoes are a Kiwi favourite to enjoy fresh from the garden! Discover our products and advice to successfully grow a bumper crop of tomatoes.
Companion Planting Guide
Companion planting involves grouping plants together so that they can help each other to grow better. Growing certain plants together will also help deter insect pests ruining your carefully tended plants before you get the chance to enjoy them!
Top tomato problems
We often get asked for advice on tomatoes so we've put together the most common tomato problems and solutions.
Tui Tomato Mix
No matter how you choose to enjoy yours; in sandwiches, salads, roasted or plucked straight from the vine, tomatoes take pride of place in every Kiwi's garden over the summer months. Tui Tomato Mix is a high quality planting mix containing the right blend of nutrients to provide your tomatoes with the best possible start and sustained growth throughout the season. We’ve added extra potassium to this mix, just what your tomato plants need to encourage a plentiful harvest of big juicy fruit.
Use in your garden beds and in pots and containers, and you’ll be harvesting a bumper crop of homegrown tomatoes this summer. Follow our 3 step Tomato Growing Guide >
This bag is recyclable through the soft plastics recycling scheme, it just needs to be clean and dry. Learn how to clean and dry your Tui growing media bags here.
How to identify and prune tomato laterals with Liz
Removing laterals as tomato plants grow encourages bigger and better fruit (it also means free plants!). Learn how to identify and prune tomato laterals with Liz @tiny_farmstead
Top Tips for Bumper Tomatoes
Harvesting fresh homegrown tomatoes is a joy many gardeners look forward to every year. For tomato growing season we have put together top tips to help you enjoy a a bumper crop of tasty homegrown tomatoes this summer.
Tomato and Chilli Relish
Preserves and pickling are a great way to make your harvests stretch well into the coming seasons. The chilli in this tomato relish gives in a little bit of heat to make it extra tasty.
Top Tomato Varieties
Spring is the perfect time to plant tomatoes for summer. Tomato varieties vary in size, colour and flavour. Choose a variety based on your cooking and taste preferences.
Companion Planting Guide
Companion planting involves grouping plants together so that they can help each other to grow better. Growing certain plants together will also help deter insect pests ruining your carefully tended plants before you get the chance to enjoy them!
Tui Tomato Mix
No matter how you choose to enjoy yours; in sandwiches, salads, roasted or plucked straight from the vine, tomatoes take pride of place in every Kiwi's garden over the summer months. Tui Tomato Mix is a high quality planting mix containing the right blend of nutrients to provide your tomatoes with the best possible start and sustained growth throughout the season. We’ve added extra potassium to this mix, just what your tomato plants need to encourage a plentiful harvest of big juicy fruit.
Use in your garden beds and in pots and containers, and you’ll be harvesting a bumper crop of homegrown tomatoes this summer. Follow our 3 step Tomato Growing Guide >
This bag is recyclable through the soft plastics recycling scheme, it just needs to be clean and dry. Learn how to clean and dry your Tui growing media bags here.
Top tomato problems
We often get asked for advice on tomatoes so we've put together the most common tomato problems and solutions.
Top Tomato Varieties
Spring is the perfect time to plant tomatoes for summer. Tomato varieties vary in size, colour and flavour. Choose a variety based on your cooking and taste preferences.
Tomato Growing Guide
In sandwiches or salads, roasted or plucked straight from the vine – tomatoes take pride of place in every Kiwi’s garden over the summer months, no matter how you choose to enjoy yours. Plant in your garden beds, pots and containers and you’ll be harvesting a bumper crop of homegrown tomatoes this summer!
How to identify and prune tomato laterals with Liz
Removing laterals as tomato plants grow encourages bigger and better fruit (it also means free plants!). Learn how to identify and prune tomato laterals with Liz @tiny_farmstead
Tomato Growing Guide
In sandwiches or salads, roasted or plucked straight from the vine – tomatoes take pride of place in every Kiwi’s garden over the summer months, no matter how you choose to enjoy yours. Plant in your garden beds, pots and containers and you’ll be harvesting a bumper crop of homegrown tomatoes this summer!
Summer Tomato Care
Follow our care tips to keep your tomatoes healthy and producing plenty of flavoursome fruit for summer salads and sandwiches, or to turn into sauce, chutney or jam!
Tui Tomato Liquid Superfood
Tui Liquid Superfood is a complete Liquid Fertiliser with premium ingredients to produce bigger, tastier, more abundant tomatoes.
Boosted with nutrients and seaweed, this powerful liquid promotes healthy plant and root growth, with increased resilience to frost, heat, pests and disease. Your plants will enjoy triple action technology that feeds the plant leaves, roots and beneficial soil microbes. Perfect for new and established gardens, pots and containers.
N-P-K 8-2.5-11 with Fe, Cu, Zn, B
Tui Tomato Grow Tower
The Tui Tomato Grow Tower is a self-watering and simple way to grow and support your tomatoes.
The extendable support tower allows your tomatoes to grow up to 1.5 meters. Perfect for patios, court yards or small spaces.
This planter takes approximately 1 x bag of Tui Tomato Mix 30L to fill.
Top Tomato Varieties
Spring is the perfect time to plant tomatoes for summer. Tomato varieties vary in size, colour and flavour. Choose a variety based on your cooking and taste preferences.
Tui Tomato Mix
No matter how you choose to enjoy yours; in sandwiches, salads, roasted or plucked straight from the vine, tomatoes take pride of place in every Kiwi's garden over the summer months. Tui Tomato Mix is a high quality planting mix containing the right blend of nutrients to provide your tomatoes with the best possible start and sustained growth throughout the season. We’ve added extra potassium to this mix, just what your tomato plants need to encourage a plentiful harvest of big juicy fruit.
Use in your garden beds and in pots and containers, and you’ll be harvesting a bumper crop of homegrown tomatoes this summer. Follow our 3 step Tomato Growing Guide >
This bag is recyclable through the soft plastics recycling scheme, it just needs to be clean and dry. Learn how to clean and dry your Tui growing media bags here.
Top Tips for Bumper Tomatoes
Harvesting fresh homegrown tomatoes is a joy many gardeners look forward to every year. For tomato growing season we have put together top tips to help you enjoy a a bumper crop of tasty homegrown tomatoes this summer.
How to identify and prune tomato laterals with Liz
Removing laterals as tomato plants grow encourages bigger and better fruit (it also means free plants!). Learn how to identify and prune tomato laterals with Liz @tiny_farmstead
Tui Tomato Food
In sandwiches or salads roasted or plucked straight from the vine – tomatoes take pride of place in every Kiwi’s garden over the summer months, no matter how you choose to enjoy yours.
Tui Tomato Food is a blend of nitrogen, phosphorus and a generous amount of potassium, formulated to promote the growth and fruit potential of all types of tomatoes. Adding Tui Tomato Food during the growing season will replace nutrients taken from the soil and ensure you get the most out of your tomato plants.
Use in your garden beds, and you'll be harvesting a bumper crop of flavoursome homegrown tomatoes this season.
N–P–K 3–4–8 + sulphur, magnesium, calcium & trace elements.
Tui Organic Seaweed Plant Tonic
Sustainably sourced seaweed for naturally healthy plant growth.
Crafted from sustainably sourced seaweed, regular applications promote healthy plant and root growth to make plants more resilient to common problems including: frost, heat, pests and diseases.
Tui Organic Seaweed Plant Tonic is safe to apply year-round, on all plants, to create a naturally healthy garden.
When your bottle is empty you can bring it in-store to refill at one of our new seaweed refill stations!
Top tomato problems
We often get asked for advice on tomatoes so we've put together the most common tomato problems and solutions.
Tomato and Chilli Relish
Preserves and pickling are a great way to make your harvests stretch well into the coming seasons. The chilli in this tomato relish gives in a little bit of heat to make it extra tasty.
Companion Planting Guide
Companion planting involves grouping plants together so that they can help each other to grow better. Growing certain plants together will also help deter insect pests ruining your carefully tended plants before you get the chance to enjoy them!
Tui Performance Organics Tomato & Vegetable Fertiliser
Tui Performance Organics harnesses the power of nature to deliver outstanding results through ingredients you can be sure are true to nature, just like the garden you’re keeping.
Made from BioGro certified ingredients, Tui Performance Organics Tomato & Vegetable Fertiliser Pellets combine fast acting natural sources of nutrients with slow release feeding to support rapid and consistent growth – the natural way.
Tui Performance Organics Tomato & Vegetable Fertiliser Pellets stimulate root development and improve overall plant health. Sheep manure acts as a soil and plant conditioner and provides natural plant nutrients. Use throughout your garden, and in pots and containers to grow naturally healthier tomatoes and vegetables.
Organic ingredients that get great results – the perfect start for your garden!
NPK 4-1-3 + Ca & trace elements
Keep your summer tomatoes coming with Liz
Follow these handy tips from Liz @tiny_farmstead to ensure your tomatoes keep on producing all summer long!
Spring into Action & Grow Tomatoes Like Maria
Maria loves creating in the kitchen with fresh tomatoes for summer entertaining and her two daughters enjoy picking sun ripened cherry tomatoes while playing outside. So they’re a must-have in their spring vege patch!