toms and peps

[jglad]

hello there

i was wondering when the best time to put my tomatoes and peppers out in to the "wild" lol as the toms are now a good 6 inches tall with about 5 leaves each and the peppers are about 4 inches with 3rd and 4th leaves sprouting is it still too cold and shall i wait till say april?

many thanks
Jamie

[shirlthegirl43]

Do you mean outdoors or in a greenhouse? If greenhouse they should be fine if your 'house is frost-free or you can cover with fleece if a frost is due. If outdoors then I would say it is a bit early yet. Maybe put them out in a sheltered spot for a few hours a day to start the hardening off process.

[Flummery]

It really depends on when your last date for frost usually is. Here in Yorks it's generally Mid-may. I don't put mine outdoors till June and even the ones staying in thegreenhouse don't stay overnight (i.s. get planted) until early May. Some parts of the country are much milder - where are you? - that will give us a better idea.

[gigleypants]

Hi JG
I wouldn't risk putting them into the garden just yet ... east coast here and the weather is cold windy and wet looks like gales to hit all the UK over the next few days .. the green house should be fine as long as like shirl says if it's not heated and a frost is due cover them up ... if it help my peppers went out July last year with the toms a little befor

[smallblueplanet]

Where are you then jglad - edit your User CP (top left) and let us know. You could do a half-way house as many of us seem to do. Take them down into an unheated greenhouse during the day and back into the house in the cold evenings.
If you haven't a greenhouse/tunnel then its way too early to plant them out.

[Alison]

Usually plant mine out in an unheated greenhouse in May but they're out there hardening off a bit from the house before then. Think I planted some outside towards the end of May last year also.

[jglad]

i live in norwich and unfortunately i don't have a greenhouse i have an unheated shed but obviously that'll be ice cold at this time of the year! so i think i'll have to just wait till it warms up a fair bit before i unleash them on my garden!

many thanks
Jamie

[snake the squadie]

i am in suffolk and they grow lovely on my window sill(south facing). i leave half on there then about may time they go outside and i have had chery toms up till the middle of novrmber