[SWhite6124]

Hi All

Instead of growing my Tomatoes from seed this year I decided to get ahead and buy some plants. I have an 8 x 6 grrenhouse and put my Tomatoes in there. Owing to the realy bad weather they are not looking too good. I have a good parafin heater but is costing £8 a week in parafin, so decided to leave it off. I have brought my Tomatoes inside on my bedroom windowsill but dont know if they will recover. Any ideas?

Many thanks

Shaun

[DD.]

Sorry to say that if they've have a whiff of frost, they've had it.

They really need a minimum of 10C.

I have yet to sow my seeds destined for the unheated greenhouse and then the plants will spend a good few weeks indoors and the heated greenhouse before they see that.

[fatcat1955]

Plant's do not need buying until mid-may at the earliest, planting in the greenhouse 1st week of june. None of my tender plant's set eye's on the allotment until then. No matter what the weather.

[sunshineband]

Oh dear 

As others have said, those plants may well not recover.

Luckily there will be plants around for sale for quite a while yet. If you do buy more, keep them nice and cosy indoors, with plenty of light too, and not out them out in your greenhouse until it is a minimum of 10 C at night

[Jamboian]

Don't think you'll have much luck with the toms but judging by your profile pic your gorgeous 

[yaxley]

Don't think you'll have much luck with the toms but judging by your profile pic your gorgeous 

For a 45 year old male 

[mumofstig]

and that's the truth 

[marcofez]

 

[JayG]

If I met a 45 year old male called Shaun who looked like that I might have to rethink my orientation!   

[davejg]

a couple of mine look a bit purple and they have been in a propagator in the greenhouse set at 12.

[snowdrops]

a couple of mine look a bit purple and they have been in a propagator in the greenhouse set at 12.

I'll ask,
 tomatoes?

[gavinjconway]

Garden Centres and such like need to be shot!! They all have tomato and squash/courgette plants for sale already... about 2 months too early!!

[GrannieAnnie]

Ahhh, but we know why don't we?

Most of them know that it is too ealy and that the plants will die, then the gullible will just assume they've done smethign wrong and go back and buy some more!   

[DD.]

a couple of mine look a bit purple and they have been in a propagator in the greenhouse set at 12.

I suspect that the propagator has not been able to maintain that setting.

In my experience, even if the cold has not killed them, when it's been sufficient to turn them this colour, they rarely get going again.

[GYO Girl]

a couple of mine look a bit purple and they have been in a propagator in the greenhouse set at 12.

In my experience, even if the cold has not killed them, when it's been sufficient to turn them this colour, they rarely get going again.

Yes, last year all my tomato plants were thriving in the lovely sunny greenhouse in March, then May came and all my Moneymakes ones went blue and never recovered.  The Gardeners Delight survived the cold May though - just.

This year my tomatoes are still on my kitchen windowsill - with aluminium foil behind them (thanks for the tip DD!  ).