[mclarkuk1]

I brought 4 tomato plants about a month ago. 2 Sweet Millions and 2 Beefsteak. When i brought them they were about 5-6 inches tall.

I have kept them in the conservatory ever since and about 2 weeks ago they shot up very quickly more than doubling in hieght in no more than a week. They now stand at about 18 inches and each one has a truss full of flowers but they have stopped growing in hieght. I started feeding them with westland tomato food once weekly like it says on the bottle.

I have been taking out the side shoots on the Sweet Millions as it says so on the ticket that came with them, but the Beefsteak seems a very short ( shorter than the Sweet Millions ) branchy/leafy plant. It doesnt say to pull the side shoots on the Beefsteak.

I thought i read on the forum somewhere that larger tomato plants tend to be tall and cherry tomato plants were of a bush variety, mine seem to be the complete opposite.

Anyway, I want them to grow like they did a week or 2 ago but wonder wether its because they arent outside. Should I stop being over cautious and get them out once the frosts finish or am I being impatient?

I have been hardening them off gradually by the way 

M Clark

[foxydan]

I wouldn't just yet. It does depend where you are but I'm in London and not putting mine out at least until end of month or early june. We had frost in London last night.

[Ice]

Keep them inside at night and stop feeding them.  You only feed when the tomatoes have set, not the flowers.

[Ian_A]

i will be cautious with mine and leave them inside. But need to put up some form of screen in greenhouse as some of the leaves have withered a bit and gone a bit brown which I think is becuase of the direct sun scorching them.

[Ice]

I would have thought that sun scorch at this time of year was caused by watering.  Splashes on the leaves getting scorched by the sun.  Is it possible that you have made the leaves wet during watering?

[Manlea1]

I planted one of my spare tomatoe plants outside last week to see how it did,went well for a few days then the first night the temp fell too much the tomatoe plant was a gonna  
Keep them indoors for a bit yet if i was you  :blink:

[Ian_A]

I would have thought that sun scorch at this time of year was caused by watering.  Splashes on the leaves getting scorched by the sun.  Is it possible that you have made the leaves wet during watering?

no. Not a drop. All the water was poured into the compost at stem level of plants