Are my tomato plants salvageable..?

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    Plants are about 10 weeks old and a foot high but they have flopped over when I put them outside in a bit of wind.

    Is there anything I can do, as wanted to plant them in the greenhouse today but not sure if it's worth it now as they aren't strong enough to stand up now

    For info, this is the first time I've attempted to grow anything!

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    No problem at all. Take off the side shoots and just plant them deep. Add a little cane support to grow up
     
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      Excellent, how far apart should I plant them, they are going into the ground
       
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      What variety are you growing Charlotte's ?
      It's a bit of a challenge at the beginning but it's fun and so rewarding when the Tom's start appearing
      Good luck ,
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        If they are all the same variety I would use 18" spacing. You'll get more healthier fruit than trying to cram more plants closer.
         
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          I think lots of people grow too many, for the space they have, just pick the strongest and you can give the others away.
          Or try a few outside grown, they come later but I think they taste better.
           
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            What part of the country are you, south from the midlands you can certainly grow most varieties outside, if you're in Scotland like me, then not so many will grow well. As long as the stems are only bent and not broken you will be ok, all tomatoes need support as they get bigger in the greenhouse and in the garden, you might also want to support the fruit trusses as well when they get going.
            This link to my youtube channel might help, there's a series of them if you want to follow what I did last year and then on to this year too, just click on the link
             
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              Wow so many replies! Thank you!

              I'm in the South East
              Growing 3 varieties
              Red grape sugar plum
              Chocolate cherry
              Costoluto fiorentino

              I'll attached a picture of the greenhouse (currently undergoing cleaning with homemade mix of bicarb, lemon, vinegar and water) and will have some compost mixed in to the current soil as the previous owner grew aubergines and sweet peas in there. 4m x 3m

              Thanks everyone!
              Charlotte

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                Nice looking greenhouse you have plenty of room there.
                 
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                  I'd only grow two each of your three varieties, that will provide lots more fruit than an average family can eat over the summer. I'd be considering planting a couple of cucumbers and 3 or 4 chillies or sweet peppers as well, that is if you like them. That will fill up your space.
                   
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                    Thank you, I'm going to grow 2 of each in the greenhouse and then plant the others in a grow bag outside. The neighbours can have the extra if any of them survive :smile:

                    Thank you!
                    Charlotte
                     
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                      Just a quick update, they seem to be doing okay so far

                      I have some flowers developing on the very top that look like mini sun flowers. If I wanted to go down the root of removing all of the flowers until they are a bit more established would I stunt their grown by removing these ones?

                      The side flowers I see all over the internet and I know these turn into fruit eventually but I can't see anything that looks like these. Maybe it's just lots of flowers bunched together but as I've never grown tomatoes before, I'm a little unsure and slightly nervous to remove them 20230616_161332.jpg 20230616_161304.jpg 20230616_161346.jpg
                       
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                      I'd leave them on, they will be the flowers of the beefsteak variety that you are growing.

                      Its not normal to remove any flowers on Tomatoes.
                       
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                        Thank you! The varieties got mixed up during planting so that's great to know!

                        I'll leave the flowers well alone! :smile:
                         
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                          Hi,

                          me again! The tomatoes in the greenhouse are doing really well but I think the ones outside have blight!

                          Should I destroy them to avoid it spreading or try and rescue them? Any ideas?
                           

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