[mashauk]

i have just put our tomato seeds in a tray in our greenhouse which is unheated and has bits of glass missing so i'm sure ur polytunnel will be warm enough ... i tell you what... i'l pop over and sit in it for half hour and report back!

At midnight?  I know it's warm in the daytime but it must get freezing in there at night.

[crackedflowerpots]

my tomatoes normally do ok even after i abandon them to the dark cold midnight but maybe ive been lucky . sorry i dont wanna give wrong advice especially as you are within nose punching distance!

[mashauk]

Well maybe I'll take a couple down there at the weekend, put them under the fishtank and see what happens, it's not like I haven't got loads more, I've got all Jules's seeds from last year too!

[crackedflowerpots]

Well maybe I'll take a couple down there at the weekend, put them under the fishtank and see what happens, it's not like I haven't got loads more, I've got all Jules's seeds from last year too!

   thanks to jules then!

[Trillium]

Green Owl, pinch off the tips of your sweet peas (up to half if necessary) and they'll send up new shoots for bushier plants later. And you're right, it is a bit early for most things.

Cold frames work fine but need daily 'tuning' - lids must be propped open a bit on sunny days so you don't bake your seedlings to death, at night, lids must be closed so they don't get frosted. On fairly cold nights you might even have to throw an old blanket over the frame to maintain warmth - then get it off when the sun's out next day. Somewhere in John's lotty shop, he sells automatic vent lifters which work fine on cold frames. Masha's aquarium could end up more of a headache.

[mashauk]

Unfortunately it's the only thing I've got at the moment inside the polytunnel to cover the seedlings with and I can't get there every day to adjust things.  I grew my broad beans under another fishtank on my flat roof and they were fine.

[crackedflowerpots]

Have you ever found a stray tomato on your plot? we have! ... and without a touch from us it grew scrumptious tom's ... say   no more!

[gobs]

We are not talking stray tomatoes germinated at their own will in April or whenever, not even your seedling which you grew in the poly, we are talking Masha's seedlings, which she got out of the 'incubator' on Sunday. Makes a bit of a difference I would think.

[crackedflowerpots]

We are not talking stray tomatoes germinated at their own will in April or whenever, not even your seedling which you grew in the poly, we are talking Masha's seedlings, which she got out of the 'incubator' on Sunday. Makes a bit of a difference I would think.

 :oops: i stand corrected!

[ToHellWithWeeds!]

my tomato seedlings are about 6 inches big noe and ive potted them on and just leave them in the conservatry (which isnt heated) and they seem fine in there i only water when the compost is dry and ive got 75 as that is the amount of seeds that was in the packet i didnt think they would wll grow dont know what im going to do with them all  :roll: my beetroot is about 10 inches now and ive potted them on and i planted my leek seeds on sunday but im slowly running out of room but never mind

[gobs]

We are not talking stray tomatoes germinated at their own will in April or whenever, not even your seedling which you grew in the poly, we are talking Masha's seedlings, which she got out of the 'incubator' on Sunday. Makes a bit of a difference I would think.

 :oops: i stand corrected!

You are not corrected, lol, you making good sense just the context might be a bit different. Easy that, I do it often you don't read post properly just start to go on what yourself are doing with them. done it plenty of times meself. :oops:  :oops:  :oops:      

[GrannieAnnie]

All mine are still in their packets!!!!

[matron]

All mine are still in their packets!!!!

I'm with you GrannieAnnie.

[Noah'strolly]

I got carried away in the sunshine today. Dad built me a large coldframe and I about filled it!

[GreenOwl]

Green Owl, pinch off the tips of your sweet peas (up to half if necessary) and they'll send up new shoots for bushier plants later.

Thanks Trillium, I hadn't thought I could take them back that far but I've nothing to lose.  I had originally planned to start some in Jan, some in Feb and some direct to try and make them a bit successional so I shall sow some more anyway.