I wonder if I dare put mine out in the ground now? I'm in Devon and the tomato bed is quite sheltered and sunny. The plants have been in 3-inch pots in a a mini-greenhouse for a couple of weeks and have had regular daytime excursions to get them used to the sun and wind. I'd like to get them into the ground as they are quite big and strong - one variety even has flower buds starting. But I normally wait until near the end of May, and don't want to lose them to the cold. Am I just being impatient?
Have you got a cloche or similar that you could put over them? I'm in Devon too, won't be putting mine out for another couple of weeks. I have got some dwarf French beans out though, under cloches at night and they're fine.
8th May today-have just seen the forecast it is supposed to become warmer and drier after Friday-you could risk it but it might still be a bit chilly at night
Personally -I would wait for a couple of weeks-why not pot them on in the meantime into bigger pots-if it does get cold you can protect them, if they are in pots- in the ground it is going to make it more tricky.
My tomato plants are doing quite well and are in pots, they are about 6/8" high with quite a few leaves. Do I put them into growbags now or do they have to flower first?
Hi Loz, i would pot them on into larger pots first to let them grow bigger and stronger before planting into grow bags-they dont have to flower to do this though. When transfering to grow bag water in well as with all plants....then when first flowers show...leave them go short on water for a few days...then water again as normal(1-2 times daily depending) and feed with general-purpose feed and you should see good results..let me know how it goes
oopsi....was a little impatient DB9, transferred them into growbags at 15.40pm because I couldn't wait.....hope they will be ok, they look quite comfy now! will keep you up to date on them. Thanks for the advise
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I wonder if I dare put mine out in the ground now? I'm in Devon and the tomato bed is quite sheltered and sunny. The plants have been in 3-inch pots in a a mini-greenhouse for a couple of weeks and have had regular daytime excursions to get them used to the sun and wind. I'd like to get them into the ground as they are quite big and strong - one variety even has flower buds starting. But I normally wait until near the end of May, and don't want to lose them to the cold. Am I just being impatient?
8th May today-have just seen the forecast it is supposed to become warmer and drier after Friday-you could risk it but it might still be a bit chilly at night
Personally -I would wait for a couple of weeks-why not pot them on in the meantime into bigger pots-if it does get cold you can protect them, if they are in pots- in the ground it is going to make it more tricky.
Hi,
My tomato plants are doing quite well and are in pots, they are about 6/8" high with quite a few leaves. Do I put them into growbags now or do they have to flower first?
Hi Loz, i would pot them on into larger pots first to let them grow bigger and stronger before planting into grow bags-they dont have to flower to do this though. When transfering to grow bag water in well as with all plants....then when first flowers show...leave them go short on water for a few days...then water again as normal(1-2 times daily depending) and feed with general-purpose feed and you should see good results..let me know how it goes
oopsi....was a little impatient
DB9, transferred them into growbags at 15.40pm because I couldn't wait.....hope they will be ok, they look quite comfy now!
will keep you up to date on them. Thanks for the advise