Growing some early tomatoes - 2019

[Babru]

My Tiny Tim and Windowbox Red have teeny little buds showing. The plants are not very big themselves, so I thought they had a bit of growing to do yet - apparently not!

I've had half of the plants on the windowsill for some weeks, the other half under a growlight. The growlight plants are a little bit bigger. Getting booted soon though, as some seedlings are in more immediate need...

[mysteryduck]

I have buds coming too! This time last year my seedlings were a week or two old. This year they’re all grown and I’m shifting them into the greenhouse to harden off! I was a little worried that a couple of them were losing a bunch of lower leaves. But I’m planting them in increasingly bigger pots and they seem fine I’m so glad I was inspired by this thread!

[Ms-T]

Have got two tomatoes just starting to change colour...on the micro toms.

[nickdub]

Going to start planting out the tomatoes this week in my poly-tunnel as the weather forecast is good, and the plants are getting too big for their pots. Some of them are about 30" tall now, and a few have flowers starting to open. I think the led grow-light which I treated myself to at Xmas has helped.

[annie8]

Should I be starting to feed my tomatoes that have buds?

[nickdub]

Should I be starting to feed my tomatoes that have buds?

depends on where you are growing them really - if in containers, then Yes.

[veggiechicken]

I start feeding when they have toms.

[annie8]

Maybe i will get some feed for the tomatoes

[veggiechicken]

Three seeds of each of 9 varieties sown tonight (2nd January) . Now resting snugly in a prop.

Bajaja
Balconi Red
Little Sun F1
Minibel
Rambling Red Stripe
Red Robin
Totem F1
Tumbling Tom Red
Vilma

Today, the 16 survivors went into their final positions on the GH shelf.

Bajaja 2
Balconi Red 1
Little Sun F1 2
Minibel 3
Rambling Red Stripe 2
Red Robin 3
Totem F1 0
Tumbling Tom Red 2
Vilma 1

They've been in the GH for a couple of weeks so I've promoted them to their bigger, final pots and my fingers are crossed for some early toms.

[SarrissUK]

All my tomatoes are still indoors and I have three flowers on them!!

[Penellype]

My January sown Shirleys are coming along nicely:



Its hard to see but each of the bigger plants has a truss of fruit:



There is another truss of flowers right at the top (out of picture). The plant on the right was sown in February. (The scruffy looking plants in the smaller tray are pea shoots which are nearly finished).

[veggiechicken]

These are my 16 early toms, final positions, no more mollycoddling.

[bramble]

For whatever reason, my early sown tomatoes have been really poor this year.
Some have just died off and others are just sat there doing nothing.
I have treated them the same way they are treated every year.
I am at a loss as to what's gone wrong with them.

Not quite writing them off but I have sown some other varieties today.
Fingers crossed this is not going to be a bad year for me.

[Scarlet]

Maybe the compost Bramble?

[bramble]

Maybe the compost Bramble?

Think perhaps you're right Scarlet.
Will get some fresh compost over the weekend.
Just so disappointed, but all is not lost.