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Growing tomatoes from seed

Sarah ChattersSarah Chatters Posts: 3
in Fruit & veg

My seeds have germinated in seed trays and are now big enough to transplant to individual  3" pots.  They look a bit leggy though, due to not good light (a windowsill). The first proper leaves are only just there though.  Should I transplant them now, and get them in the greenhouse, or should I wait till they're a bit less tender?

Also,  when they go in the pots, should I bury the stem at this stage?

Lastly, when they go to the greenhouse will they need protection from the full sun, and any suggestions on  ways to do this?

Thanks for reading!

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  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    Hi Sarah I leave them until they have their first true leaves then they'll have some roots on them, when you do plant them deeper they will grow roots from the stem,keep turning them so they get more light,have you got a better windowsill? If you put them in the gh get some horticultural fleese to protect them from the cold and cover them with a sheet of paper to shade them
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117

    Remember to give them plenty of ventilation once you have them in the greenhouse too Sarah. A closed greenhouse gets astonishingly hot even in the earlier months. image

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  • Sarah ChattersSarah Chatters Posts: 3

    Thank you ???

  • Sarah ChattersSarah Chatters Posts: 3

    Ignore ??? - was going for a smiley!

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190

    You tried that smiley on your iPad didn't you Sarahimage

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  • paul honnorpaul honnor Posts: 7

    Hi All

     

    I have also just grown tomatoes from seed, taken 8 days from putting them in the tray with soil to germinating. I'm not sure when to transplant them into bigger pots, also I have about 4 seedlings in one section of the tray so not sure when and what ones to remove to give the others a chance to grow. Any advice would be most appreciated!

  • BobFlannigonBobFlannigon Posts: 619

    Hi Paul,

    It partly depends on how many plants you want.  It's possible to separate them when you move them into bigger pots without damaging the root of any of them thus keeping them all.

    However, assuming that you only want one from that cluster, see which one grows fastest/strongest and just pull out the others.  I'd probably do it when the second set of leaves starts to appear on the one you're going to keep (just to make sure it's not duff).

  • paul honnorpaul honnor Posts: 7

    Cheers Bob, I didn't realise that so many would germinate, if I kept them all I would have about 20 tomato plants, even the neighbours would get sick of them! I'm also doing peas from seed for the first time and they are in bigger pots so hope to only have to transplant them once and keep them all.

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  • paul honnorpaul honnor Posts: 7

    One thing that does worry me is that I'm on holiday for a week at the start of May, by then I expect to have repotted into larger pots but not sure how I'm going to keep them hydrated, thinking I may put some water in the bath and stand the pots in them, any ideas? Cheers

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