[stompy]

Mine are around 5" tall and need repotting desprately but i have nowhere for them to go as the windowsills are full.

I may have to chance them out in the minni greenhouse.

[LilacSandy]

Careful inspection has revealed tiny embryonic flower buds on my Jan 20th sown tomatoes.

Hi Azubah,

What variety is this?

[azubah]

Cherry type. I got the seeds out of some tomatoes from the supermarket.

[DD.]

F1's?

[azubah]

F1's?

Can't say. They were 'vine tomatoes' and were in a long straight truss with no branches. Any cherry tomatoes will do the same thing if you start them early enough and keep them in the right conditions...in my case, on a warm sunny windowledge, and in the greenhouse when it is warm enough.

[DD.]

Ah "vine ripened tomatoes" - a/k/a "tomatoes gassed after picking before ripe". 

[azubah]

Didn't know that they gassed them.
I wondered how they got them all ripe at the same time.
It should not damage the seeds, however.
If they use ethylene, it is a natural gas produced by fruit, and so should not be harmful, unless it is in a ship's hold full of bananas and someone goes down there with a lit cigarette!

[Yorkie]

Didn't know that they gassed them.
I wondered how they got them all ripe at the same time.
It should not damage the seeds, however.
If they use ethylene, it is a natural gas produced by fruit, and so should not be harmful, unless it is in a ship's hold full of bananas and someone goes down there with a lit cigarette!

 

[Totty]

I would be 99.9percent sure that any tomatos brought from a supermarket will be F1s, be interesting to hear how they get on but im guessing they may not grow true to type.

Totty

[azubah]

Installed my largest tomatoes in their flower tubs yesterday, and put them in their final positions in the greenhouse today.
They spent last night on the bench, covered in newspaper and looked good today.
I find that when they get to about 1ft tall they are a little more robust and will survive to lower temperatures..but even if they don't, they have to stay in the greenhouse as they are too big to keep moving around without risking damage. (both to them and my back!)
I shall carefully wrap them in newspaper each night and hope for the best. I have another batch of plants which are a fortnight behind that lot just in case, but I have not lost any to frost yet...
I think it is a little warmer here due to being near a city.

[mumofstig]

of the four strongest toms that I eventually potted up, I've decided to leave one in the unheated greenhouse all the time -  just to see what happens. We're forecast 5C overnight  :blink:

[LilacSandy]

I have done the same with one of mine MOS, together with a pepper.  They have been in there for a week now and seem fine, however the weather has been exceptional so will see what happens if we have a sharp frost.

[DD.]

so will see what happens if we have a sharp frost.

They will die - simples!

I wouldn't dream of it in an unheated greenhouse yet. 2.5C here last night. I know they would just go blue and then do nothing for the rest of the season.

[Totty]

Temp in greenhouse this morning at 5.30 was 13.2 degrees. I had to use the scraper to remove ice from the windscreen too. Seem to have got the heater bang on now so have planted 2x Cedrico into pots ontop of a growbag. Have no bench room left with everything else thats in there so they may as well get their roots going well for late spring/early summer

[Dora5]

My tomatoes planted on 9th January are doing quite well, I think.
What do you think?
I do put them in a greenhouse during the day and bring them in early evening. I have noticed that the bottom leaves are drying out a bit. Could anyone tell me why is that?



Thank you.