[prakash_mib]

I am running out of window sills and space indoors. so I planned yesterday to make richies paper pots (I made them for peas) and got an idea of seeding toms in them. surprise i have 24 pots in rather smallish tray. Since they are cylindrical there is no waste of space.
The question is will they be any good untill plantout or should i pot it before moving to the fleece frame outside?

[noshed]

They should be OK if packed neatly in a tray. You could always put a bit of paper around the whole thing to stop flopping.

[mumofstig]

cling film keeps them tidy in a seed tray and stops them drying out too much

Keep an eye on them, if they get big they may need potting on....depends how big you actually made your pots

[Kristen]

I think your problem may be that the roots will root-through to neighbouring pots if left too long. It will be a long time yet before Toms are safe to go into a cold greenhouse ... let alone outside.

[whippersnapper]

I think Kristen is right here - keep an eye on the roots/bottom and sides of paper pot. That should tell you alot about what they want.

I've done the same this year - for the first time - as I would normally use seed trays and pot on fairly early, with several 'pot ons'. But I'm guessing with my paper pots being about 10cm tall x 4cm wide, they will probably last a bit longer in their first paper pots and then I'm expecting to pot them on in a few weeks into larger plastic pots. These may be the last before the final 'bucket' sized pots. Hopefully at this point they may be ready for the unheated mini greenhouse