I would use smaller pot for those, but that's more due to limited indoor space than anything else so I think they'll be OK if you haven't any a bit smaller.
Mine are about the same size, but in a seed tray, and I'll be putting them into cardboard pots (about 3 or 3.5 inch I think) in the next week or so. They'll probably need one more potting-on before they can go into their final pots outside, but hopefully some of my hardier seedling/young plants will be big enough to go into the cold frame before then to make room.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
It's not embarrassing @Dovefromabove It's not even a mistake. It does look rather smooth and hairless for a tommy! I must add, that I have two "rogues" among my tomatoes whose leaves look like potato leaves - but they are in a polystyrene box with their other tomato friends - so they can't be! Just rogues I suppose.
I had my specs on and still missed that too! Definitely too big for those little toms. A 3 inch pot is ideal for going into, as @JennyJ says, but I don't think they're ready yet. They've barely got proper leaves. I sow in 3 inch pots- 3 seeds, then pot individually into that size when they're showing through the bottom. I've just done some of mine. They'll stay in those for a while and then possibly get moved again before being planted in the greenhouse.
I use those takeaway coffee cups, as they're deeper, and great for getting a good root system. My daughter buys me a coffee now and again, so it's a good use of the cups
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Depending on the type of cardboard and not keeping it moist enough, I've had cardboard pots get 'crusty' and form a root barrier. I tend to put them in the ground/bigger pot and then cut a few slits from the rim downwards. Just to help the process
That’s why I said to bury them deep @Biglad … we can do that with tomatoes 👍.
Like you I’ve found with other plants, if you leave the rim above ground the cardboard dries out even below ground and causes a problem for the roots getting through into the soil.
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@Skandi - well spotted!!
Here is a photo. You can see the little pickle in the foreground.
Definitely too big for those little toms. A 3 inch pot is ideal for going into, as @JennyJ says, but I don't think they're ready yet. They've barely got proper leaves.
I sow in 3 inch pots- 3 seeds, then pot individually into that size when they're showing through the bottom. I've just done some of mine. They'll stay in those for a while and then possibly get moved again before being planted in the greenhouse.
I use those takeaway coffee cups, as they're deeper, and great for getting a good root system. My daughter buys me a coffee now and again, so it's a good use of the cups
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.