I'm officially three weeks behind now, and have given up and put half of mine in the greenhouse. I know it's a risk with the night temps forecast between 7 to 10°, but the poor things need to be out of the conservatory. They need deeper pots, more room, and bigger stakes. I was caught out last year with the early start, and the same this year with the late season start, we can't win.🙄 I will probably have some tomato plants left over, if the others thrive, to go outside in the May Bank Holiday weekend, the earliest anything not hardy should go out north of London. 😁
Thanks I already have them in pots in greenhouse and they have just got their 2nd leaves. Can I transplant them into agreso ginger grow bag now as they are already hardened off??
I am sure other fellows on here will agree, unless you live in a very warm climate or have heated green house, nothing with just their second leaves would be anywhere other than indoors.i have been forced to put some into a green house because e lack of space, they are 8 inches tall, green house is bubble wrapped,a tubular heater, which only classes it as a cold green house, as opposed to grow free with no heat (it reaches 20c plus when the sun hits. If forecast is believed this week, still too cold at night. Hardened off! At least 2 weeks, before they will then go into pots which I can move in emergency or cover,and I live in the warmest,mildest area in the UK
Idem/same idea @Pete.8 The reason they go from 2-leaf into a small pot to get to 4/6 leaf stage is that they are still babies and need to be kept warm. Like putting a baby of 6 months old into a double bed (if you put them into a grow bag - or garden).
Putting a 6 month old baby into a double bed, with parents on either side, is a bit of a squash, but makes for a super happy baby!
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I was caught out last year with the early start, and the same this year with the late season start, we can't win.🙄
I will probably have some tomato plants left over, if the others thrive, to go outside in the May Bank Holiday weekend, the earliest anything not hardy should go out north of London. 😁