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Planting out tomato plants

carla_mm_carvalhocarla_mm_carvalho Posts: 9
in Fruit & veg
Hi everyone! My tomato plants that I started from seeds indoors are getting quite big by now but I’m scared to plant them out too early... I live in the south of UK (southampton to be precise) and was thinking to acclimatise them outside for the 1st week of may and plant them out during second week... does that sound about right or is it too early? TIA
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited April 2021
    Mine won’t be going out until the end of May/early June. Far too cold before then unless we have a heatwave. 

    They need consistent temperatures of 15C and above. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Simple answer no,me SE UK  fairly near the sea, mine will start going out mid may at least a week , hardening off,out proper first of June
  • NewBoy2NewBoy2 Posts: 1,813
    Same as Nanny.

    As my allotment plot suffers from strong wind....Oooh Matron...I erect a perspex wall about 18 inches high on two sides to give them some protection until they are agdults.
    Everyone is just trying to be Happy.....So lets help Them.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    At least it's your allotments which has the wind,! Actually we often get a wind tunnel effect here, because of the proximity to the sea and South Downs,it's fairly sheltered Down in the veg plot. Now, the old man that's another story!!
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Gave up Nursing got a time,my late Mum was dying in the hospital on where I worked,went back to secretarial work,(garage) met second Hubby,boss called me "hot lips", hope we have some folks who used to watch MASH
  • REMF33REMF33 Posts: 731
    Yes, I have a jungle-like sitting room (many are now over two feet high and in bud) but far too early to go out yet in SE London. 
  • carla_mm_carvalhocarla_mm_carvalho Posts: 9
    Thank you everyone, that’s what I was thinking, just need to be patient 😊
  • wigeonwigeon Posts: 36
    hello everyone. i have got shirley tomatoes at about 4 inch tall is it time to repot them they started as seed in three inch pots not repotted yet in same pots from seed. thank you for any advice regards peter.
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Are the roots showing through the holes in the pots? If they are, I would repot them.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    I  repot from the seed tray,   to 3inch pots, they will stay in them another month, be hardened off day and then night before going outside,have put the largest in a cold green house, because I am out of room. Not much help I know,but depends how many plants and how much room you have for them
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