First Tomatoes from Seed

[It never rains..it pours]

I'm also growing tomatoes for the first time this year. I've got four - two are going outside in my raised beds (square foot garden) and I thought I might grow one inside my plastic grow house now I've got one, maybe in a growbag or similar, to see how they compare. The other is a spare.

I have no idea if they are doing good for their age - they seem OK. These were sown on 10 March in a heated propagator then spent most of their life on my sunniest windowsill until recently. As the weather has warmed up in the last week I've been putting them outside during the day to get more light and bringing them in at night. I'm hoping once they are potted on they can go into the grow house until ready to plant out.

Photos here:
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#...D-5BD84820740D
https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#...9-295D0B3586F9

How are they looking?

Look great to me, maybe a little feed as see one lower leaf yellow (dont mean the cotyledons as they die off) and plenty of sun (easy in essex)

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Thanks - any particular free? Tomato feed at this stage?

[nickdub]

A bit of weak feed never goes amiss once the plants start growing on (I use miracle grow as it seems to be the cheapest) + obviously with this sudden burst in to Summer temps you may will need to water more often.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

For now I’ve potted them on to a slightly bigger pot with some fresh compost. That should help a little bit. If it doesn’t pick up in a week or so I will give it some weak feed.

[It never rains..it pours]

Yes potting on was a good alternative

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

And here is how they are looking now. They are now living in the mini greenhouse and I’m hoping to plant two of them out in the raised beds in a few weeks. One in a growbag in the greenhouse.

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#...E-3E9FC4DC17E1

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#...6-D90D28A20F46

[bramble]

Hi, you're Tom's look really healthy but I can't help thinking they need a larger pot.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Hi, you're Tom's look really healthy but I can't help thinking they need a larger pot.

They are due to be potted on or planted out soon. I’ve checked the roots and it doesn’t seem to be anywhere near to being pot bound.

[ryanM]

One of my guys getting a little sun, 3 of them are roughly the same size now.

[nickdub]

cracking looking plant - couple of side-shoots to take out though :-)

[ryanM]

cracking looking plant - couple of side-shoots to take out though :-)

Thank you Nick, working on the side shoots now trying to keep these guys nice and tidy