I'm growing tomatoes for the first time this year and am going with Tumbling Tom so I can grow them in hanging baskets. I sowed my seeds way too early (despite what the packet said!) but did a second lot about a month ago and have just potted them on. The last couple of days I've put them out during the day and brought them in at night. We've had a few heavy rain showers and I figured that rain water plus direct sunlight would give them a boost.
It's the difference between day and night temperatures that halt their growth @februarysgirl so out in the day now is fine. They will be ok out at night once the temperature stays above 10-12° Hope you get lots of little toms all summer, they will taste better having been home grown.😁
@purplerallim I've still got a couple of seedlings in their original module trays that I meant to chuck away but are still sitting outside and thriving despite being out 24 hours for the past week. Not going to risk leaving the ones I'm keeping out there though, I'd be gutted to lose them at this stage. I'm really looking forward to having my first home grown veg this year, the leaves have now come through on both containers of potatoes and I'm dead excited!
This pm I planted out the toms that will live in the polytunnel this year and found 3 varieties of home sown I'd forgotten - orange banana, moonglow - both new- and red pear which i've grown and liked before.
That leaves me with more home sown San Marzano, Ildi, Moonglow and Rosella to plant outside which shoulld be OK now we know none of our neighbours grows potatoes or outside toms. Now to see what kind of summer we get as this has been a long, cool, damp spring after a cold, dry winter.
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@parkgateman The change of leaf shape to , what I call potato leaf, is what we have been noticing on old standard types of tomatoes like Gardeners Delight, Ailsa Craig and Alicante. We think the seed growers are trying to breed blight resistance into them, but it is making them less vigorous and susceptible to other diseases. That is part of the reason why I am growing other varieties.
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That leaves me with more home sown San Marzano, Ildi, Moonglow and Rosella to plant outside which shoulld be OK now we know none of our neighbours grows potatoes or outside toms. Now to see what kind of summer we get as this has been a long, cool, damp spring after a cold, dry winter.
The change of leaf shape to , what I call potato leaf, is what we have been noticing on old standard types of tomatoes like Gardeners Delight, Ailsa Craig and Alicante. We think the seed growers are trying to breed blight resistance into them, but it is making them less vigorous and susceptible to other diseases. That is part of the reason why I am growing other varieties.
I have gone back to potato bags this year with Pentland Javlin, they have just produced leaf this week.😁