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Tomatos not growing well

bubblegumbubblegum Posts: 7
in Fruit & veg

I planted tomato seeds a while back and although they have sproute they have about nearly four leaves now, I have them in my bathroom to try and keep them warm and also this room gets the sun when we have any!  However, they have not really produced much growth and I am feeling it is going to be a year like last year when everything was really late, is there anything I can do to push them on a bit,  Should I perhaps feed them?

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  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    They need potting on into individual pots- you can bury the stems up to the seed leaves-well lit warm conditions is what they need to get them going.

  • seaside oldieseaside oldie Posts: 45

    Warmth is the thing as sotongeoff says, wouldn't start to feed until first fruits develop otherwise may get lots of leaf and not much else.

  • figratfigrat Posts: 1,619
    Hmm. Mine are just about doing ok, peppers are pathetic. They've all been potted on, leaves look healthy and green, but they are just so slow! Thinking of putting them in heated propagator (without lid) in the gh to give them a bit of bottom heat. Any thoughts on this?
  • seaside oldieseaside oldie Posts: 45

    Likewise figrat, Toms are OK, first flowers only just appearing, but peppers both the ones I grew from seed and ones I bought are pathetic things!  Would try the bottom heat, if your are like mine they can't get much worse.

  • figratfigrat Posts: 1,619

    Have put them in - will report back! I don't think it can do any harm...

  • sotongeoffsotongeoff Posts: 9,802

    It could make the peppers hotterimage

  • figratfigrat Posts: 1,619

    Sweet!

  • ItalophileItalophile Posts: 1,731

    Bottom heat won't help them any more than an appropriate ambient temperature. Temps in at least the high teens is what they need, but, more importantly, as much bright natural light as they can get.

    My toms are all planted out now, but, a month or so ago, I had them in my small portable plastic greenhouse on the terrace during the day. It was sunny but cool, and even with the door open the plastic trapped enough warmth to satisfy them. The light, though, was the key. They boomed. I brought them inside overnight.

    Peppers simply take longer than toms in every way, shape and form. With the toms already planted out, my peppers - germinated at exactly the same time - are still only about 2 inches high.

  • figratfigrat Posts: 1,619

    Hi Italophile!

    My toms have been in the greenhouse all the time...maybe it's the gloomy weather that's making them light deprived.image

    Glad to hear your peppers are nearly as weedy as mine! image

  • LilylouiseLilylouise Posts: 1,013

    My Tomato plants came to a full stop as well but they are moving a bit now image I put it down to the weather!

    Pam x

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