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Tomato seedings

BettyboBettybo Posts: 8
in Fruit & veg
My seedings are getting leggy I've got them on the window sill of a bedroom with heating off.
When is it safe to move to my greenhouse?
I'm in Essex.
Thank you  

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    When the average temperature in your greenhouse is above 10°C at night they should be ok.
    For me, also in Essex that's sometime in June I'm afraid

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • BettyboBettybo Posts: 8
    Thanks Pete.8
    I might have started them off too soon ....
  • TheScottishGardenerTheScottishGardener Posts: 62
    If they're leggy, you could repot them deeper. Tomatoes take really well to this as the small hairs on their stems can form roots when buried in soil, giving you a bigger root ball and stronger plant. This should also buy you more time until you can move them outside.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Don't give them my any more heat,but turn on them regularly, that's the secret, when I say regularly,I turn mine 3 or 4 times a day, appreciate you may be out at work,are they a green house variety? I always sow mine late January early February, north facing kitchen window sill, now potted on,and conservatory window sill also north facing
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    That’s exactly what I do,  they do indeed make a very strong plant. Don’t worry about leggy tomatoes.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • mike.madasafish1oua1YvFemike.madasafish1oua1YvFe Posts: 4
    I repot and bury the stem as well: make very strong plants as roots form of the buried stalk.
  • BettyboBettybo Posts: 8
    Thank you everyone 

    They are on southwest facing window 
    I'll report deeper I'm Turing them every day but can do more often.

    Thank you all
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    No one commented but realized I wrote "turn ON them regularly", yeah swear at them constantly!
  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    I have to admit I did realize ;) always good to have a smile tho

    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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