Hmmm... I sowed mine mid - Feb in an unheated g/h...virtually no frost since then as far as I can tell (I don't live there). I pricked them out after about three weeks; now I'm away and expecting to pot them up when I get back. IF anyone's been watering!
Another question about toms, as I said i'm growing sungold,gardeners delight,marmande and some Spanish ones brought back from holiday in spain ,will they need the side shoots pinching out ?last year I grew san marzano and had to remove side shoots but are these other type bush toms , how will I know ? thx
As an experiment I tried stopping a couple of GDs last year and leaving all the sideshoots to see if they'd turn into bush-type plants. Disaster I s'pose they're bred to perform well one way or t'other
mias, they look good. A bit leggy and on the pale side, but that's down to where they're living.
Where they go immediately is down to temperatures, particularly overnight. What are the day and night temps in the unheated GH?
Regardless, they can stay in those containers until they're ready for their final homes. No need to pot them up. Mine live in smaller containers than those till they're planted out.
I don't think they look pale. Where you can see the top of the leaf, it is a good shade of green, and the apparently pale bits are the undersides of the leaves where the daylight is penetrating and making it look paler
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Tricia that sounds eminently respectable at the moment - just right. My triffids are a liability!!
Hmmm... I sowed mine mid - Feb in an unheated g/h...virtually no frost since then as far as I can tell (I don't live there). I pricked them out after about three weeks; now I'm away and expecting to pot them up when I get back. IF anyone's been watering!
Hope I haven't done it all too early!
Another question about toms, as I said i'm growing sungold,gardeners delight,marmande and some Spanish ones brought back from holiday in spain ,will they need the side shoots pinching out ?last year I grew san marzano and had to remove side shoots but are these other type bush toms , how will I know ? thx
Gardeners' Delight is certainly a cordon type and needs pinching out. I think Marmande is too but not sure.
No idea, of course about your unidentified one....maybe you could try some each way?
Is your spanish one Alicante? I pinched out the GD last year.
Alicante is definitely a cordon type.
As an experiment I tried stopping a couple of GDs last year and leaving all the sideshoots to see if they'd turn into bush-type plants. Disaster
I s'pose they're bred to perform well one way or t'other 
mias, they look good. A bit leggy and on the pale side, but that's down to where they're living.
Where they go immediately is down to temperatures, particularly overnight. What are the day and night temps in the unheated GH?
Regardless, they can stay in those containers until they're ready for their final homes. No need to pot them up. Mine live in smaller containers than those till they're planted out.
I don't think they look pale. Where you can see the top of the leaf, it is a good shade of green, and the apparently pale bits are the undersides of the leaves where the daylight is penetrating and making it look paler