Veg advice sowing..

[Darren19]

Hi there I'm new to here so sorry if this post is in the wrong place..
Just wondering if I could sow toms seeds at my allotment I have only had it since Oct 18 but done so much already, I have an unheated greenhouse which is fleece lined still, the question is when can I sow tomotoes in there without risk of frost taking them out?
Also what other veges are good to sow in the greenhouse in March, I'm keen to get going as at the moment have limited crops growing

Thank you

[burnie]

Where abouts is your plot Darren? I'm in Scotland, so not sowing mine yet, just a few things in a heated propagator like Onion seeds, leeks and now my chillies. Tomatoes will be end of April probably as Celery goes in next.

[nickdub]

Best to sow them at home in the warm and grow them on there for a bit, unless you have a heated propagator in your GH - keep them in the warm even if you don't get frosts, until the weather is for the most part above 10C - then they can go in a GH.

The reason is that the plants react badly to cold, as they stop growing - and so a) you gain nothing and b) they sometimes never kick off properly again.

[Bren In Pots]

Darren my toms were sown 3 weeks ago and have lived on a bedroom window sill ever since, and they'll probably be staying there until around May. Do you have space to grow yours indoors as well because I think its to cold to sow them in a GH without heating.

[annie8]

My tomatoes are started but at home for now. Too cold to put out or in greenhouse yet. I have started lettuce and beetroot. They will germinate and grow in an unheated greenhouse.

[Darren19]

Hi thank you everyone I think il leave it for a while as has no electric, don't think the tiny solar panel would run a heater lol
Yes have some room at home but I'm getting full as I only have a small light system and got around 20small plants wanted to try my luck in greenhouse

[veggiechicken]

I start my toms at home in a heated propagator and move them to the bedroom windowsill for a few weeks. The toms I started in January go into the GH during the day but back into the house overnight.
They won't be in the GH overnight until the temps remain about 10C.

[Jungle Jane]

Do you have any space on a windowsill? Tomato plants take a long time to grow compared to other crops,most of us (maybe all?) start them indoors on windowsills. The longer you wait,you risk them not ripening in time plus late blight can attack them during the season,it’s good to get a few tomatoes from the plant before that happens. I don’t remember having blight at all last year,I had lots of blossom end rot in my large plum varieties because of the drought & then the rain came down for about two days flooding the tomatoes,nobody would water their plants like that,all my plants are outside,loads split because of that too,but it’s cool I had about 35 plants,if you grow a lot there’s never a problem.
What are the twenty plants you have indoors?

[mcdood]

Hi Darren,
Veg I have going in cold greenhouse at the moment:
Cut and come again mixed salad leaves in a seed tray sown early Feb. Ready for first cut in a week or two.
Mizuna as above.
1st week in March I sowed:
Beetroot, summer cabbage, spring onions, Kohlrabi

[Small pumpkin]

I've sown a bit in my unheated polytunnle this month.
Leeks & onions usually sown earlier but my gardening mojo had packed it's bags and left for a while .

Cauliflower
Broccoli
Romanesco
Kale
Cabbage
Brussel sprouts
Herbs
Tromboncino
Celery
Turnip
Chard
Spinach
Lettuce
cut & come again salad leaf mixes.

I've also direct sown carrots & spring onions ( my carrot bed is in an unheated tunnel ).
Only thing I've sown outside is parsnips ( they are in a potato grow bag ).

Hope that helps, but I doubt it, everyone does things differently and at different times depending on their location and how nuts they are
I have a location in the frozen north
And I'm definitely nuts

[KevinM67]

Hi Darren, and welcome.
Small Pumpkin has provided a great list above.
As others have stated, for tomatoes - sow and keep indoors on a windowsill for now.
All the best for this year, I hope it goes well.
If it doesn't - keep involved in here, there's support on hand always.

[Kirk]

Sowed my tomatoes about 3 to 4 weeks ago, 1 failed to get going. Presently inside but have spent a few of the warmer days outside in sun.

Leeks going well in a pot inside. Need to go into deep individual pots I guess but may leave as they are.
No peppers germinated but they do not look dead either.
100% failure on the squashes (3).

Rest is to be sown outside except for whatever I buy from the lady on the monthly market.