Tomatoes are a staple in many British fridges and are needed for many dishes. Instead of buying from the supermarket, you can grow your own tomatoes at home.
If you’re looking to double your tomato yield then you may want to give them a breakfast treat. Tomatoes need to be fed more nutrients compared to other crops to produce fruit, but you can easily give your tomato plants a boost this spring with one staple food. We’re just months away from tomato season, the peak of the British tomato season is generally considered to be in the summer months.
You’ll want to make sure they are in a warm, sunny and sheltered location when you go to plant them outdoors.
Libby Flanagan shared a hack on TikTok that could help gardeners grow ‘thousands of tomatoes’ by using one surprising kitchen ingredient.
The vegetable will grow bigger and juicier when you use fertiliser, and that’s the thought process behind this hack. Libby said cracking an egg into the dirt hole you plan to plant your tomatoes will help you grow twice as many. Eggs are jam-packed with calcium, which helps prevent blossom end rot in tomatoes and promotes stronger cell walls. As the egg decomposes, it releases nitrogen, essential for healthy plant growth.
Libby said it’s important to dig a deep hole so you can bury the plant “nice and deep.” All the fibres along the tomato stem of the plant will all become roots, which is why the plant should be buried deep.
In the comments, people stood by her hack.
“I did this last year. The ones with eggs grew over 6-7 feet and produced amazing tomatoes. Will be doing again this year,” one user said.
Another wrote: “My elderly neighbour did this in her garden and her tomatoes were amazing. I do it too.”