When is the big moving day?

[burnie]

I too only have onions and leeks inside the greenhouse in pots, I also have some peas in root trainers that were germinated in the blowaway, as soon as they are big enough, they will go in the greenhouse border soil. At present I have some radish growing and some lettuce just sprouting in the greenhouse too.

[Bren In Pots]

I've got a few things in buckets/troughs/modules in my GH radish, radishes, rocket, spring onions, lettuce, brassicas, sweet peas and nasturtiums. Everything else will be staying on indoor window sills for at least a month.

[SarzWix]

Tomatoes will survive above 5°c once they're established, they're pretty tough really. Cucs wouldn't be happy below 10°c though. Up in North Yorkshire, I usually move everything into the greenhouse in mid April, and keep some horticultural fleece handy for when outdoor temperatures head near 0°c. Usually two layers of fleece is sufficient to protect tomato plants. I've only ever lost 2, and they were poking out of the fleece.

[Scarlet]

Usually two layers of fleece is sufficient to protect tomato plants. I've only ever lost 2, and they were poking out of the fleece.

I agree that they survive....but it does slow their them down and often the crop is much much smaller as a result. I've tried both ways, several times. The chilled tomatoes are definitely weaker plants and often more susceptible to disease. When you've put a lot of effort starting growing indoors early I find it's best to err on the side of caution.

[veggiechicken]

Here are some tom seedlings in the GH.



The ones on the left, looking purple, have been in the GH overnight( covered with bubblewrap, for a couple of weeks. The ones on the right have been carried indoors each night.
We've only had a couple of frosts this winter and none recently. The GH doesn't drop below freezing but I still wouldn't risk the toms I want to keep in the GH overnight until 10C at least.
I'll not grow on the purple ones unless I'm desperate!

[Snadger]

I had a couple of Ailsa Craig tomatoes got frosted last year after I had planted them out.I can only surmise that was because they were in a slightly shaded part of the greenhouse with half a pane of glass missing.

I snapped off the dead section at the top and after a little bit of growth near the bottom managed to use a side shoot as the main leader. They thrived from then on even though I only got three trusses from them. Because they had so few trusses they were a lot larger and healthier than there cousins, especially late on in the season.
I was quite chuffed because quite a few plot holders got caught out and just binned their plants.

[SarrissUK]

Crikey some range of temperatures. Maybe it would an safest to invest in a bookshelf like yours then sarris and have it front window to maximize vertical space. How much will plants grow height wise in a month or two?

That depends on two things mainly... how warm it is... and how much light there is.

If it's really warm, but not enough light, they will all grow long and leggy.

If it's warm and plenty of light, they grow more evenly.

If it's cool (like in my kitchen), they don't grow so fast, that the low lights don't matter so much.

[ghexton]

Last nights low in the GH was 10.9 mother nature you tease.

[SarrissUK]

Last nights low in the GH was 10.9 mother nature you tease.

Every time you see that in April and early May in this neck of the woods, thing to yourself..... she giveth and she taketh away. She giveth and she taketh away.

[unclefudgly]

Nothing wrong with trying a few out. If they survive the first week you will probably be OK. My Tomatoes went to unheated greenhouse yesterday to harden off. My allotment neighbour did the same 3 weeks ago, so much braver than me and they survived.

[Stan79]

My plants are in the heated point shed over night and in the open cold frame in the day at the moment.

Except I forgot to turn the heater back on last night and it went down to 1.9 degrees C according to the thermometer and some of the tomatoes now have purple leaves. I’m kicking myself!!!

Thankfully, due to the lockdown, about a fifth of the lounge is now a greenhouse as we have bifold doors on the back which bathes them in sunlight!

The greenhouse was -2.5C last night according to the thermometer! All I’ve got in there at the minute is a pot of raspberries and another of strawberries.

[ghexton]

heres my test gardeners delight what do you all think, admittedly it was the runt of the litter. think she will pull through?

https://ibb.co/Tq7DTw7

[SarrissUK]

Looks perfectly healthy to me

[veggiechicken]

Looks OK but a lot depends on the overnight temp in your area.
When you pot it on, plant it deep and cover all that bare stem. It'll thank you for it!

[burnie]

I put some of my tommies in the blowaway inside the greenhouse, been there a few days, but after a minus 0.7 overnight, most are now back in the conservatory with the heater on, it's just too early for me yet. Carrots and peas in the ground are looking good in there also the radish, but I think that stuff I am lacking just now is required...………………………...patience lol.