Tomatoes

I sowed my tomato seeds in Febraury on the kitchen window sill, then transplanted them to single 3" pots in March when they were about 2-3" high, they were then transferred to my "blow away" green house (lol) for about 3/4 weeks. I then started hardening them off through the middle/end of April and put them out in their grow bags and pots about 10 days ago, they settled almost over night and are now very sturdy and very healthy strong growing 6-10" plants; probably the best I've had for the time of year

 

I've told you about trying to eat sets of "Boule" It won't do your tummy any good.

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I'm curious about this. Not wishing to disagree with what you have done, but I wonder if you would not have achieved the same by sowing in April?

I reckon your plants are 6-10" tall because they have been kept at quite cool temperatures and have "stalled" as a result. I reckon if you had sown them in April, and kept them at a minimum of 10C they would be 6" - 10" tall by now.

That's not to say that growing them as you have is wrong, but I reckon it was more "faff" looking after them since February (compared to sowing them in April).

My Tomatoes were sown mid February. They have been kept above 10C - they started life on a windowsill and were then moved to an unheated conservatory, but whenever it was going to get below 10C they were brought in to the (unheated) utility room for the night. They are now out in the unheated greenhouse and are now about 3' tall.

If I remember :( I should really try sowing some seeds in January, February, March and April next year to see how they compare

 

Hi Kristen, thanks for the reply, I do agree that while they were in the outside greenhouse, although warm in the day perhaps it did drop below 10 degrees at night and they may well have grown more slowly than they could have done for a few weeks. That said they didn't seem to completley 'stall' and I'm happy with their progress now....

 

I'll try some early ones, kept "chilly", next year, and some sown later, and see what happens.

I have some Melons this year that got chilly (I thought the corridor where they were was warm enough, but there was a gap under the outside door, so think they may have been in a cold draught back in March).

I didn't really have enough plants, and thus I sowed some more a month later. They overtook the "stalled" ones, and even now 50% of the original "stalled" ones have not really got under way ...