progress of toms

[hawthorns]

i sowed 5 gartenperle toms back on the 6th of jan they started off in heated propagator, once germinated i moved them to kitchen window sill. for the last 2 weeks they have been moved to my heated propagator in the greenhouse so they get maximum light. they seem to be doing very well i know i sowed early but ive not done toms before.

[veg4681]

Gosh they're big for this time of the year yet still healthy looking, nowhere thin and leggy. You've obviously been looking after them full time . I sowed mine fairly early too (middle Jan) but nowehere as big as those.

[shirlthegirl43]

Looking good Hawthorns. What type are they?

[smallblueplanet]

gartenperle = garden pearl (you missed seeing that bit didn't you shirley?) = determinate

I'm itching to start our toms off - next weekend I reckon is soon enough, lightwise.....can't wait!

[shirlthegirl43]

gartenperle = garden pearl (you missed seeing that bit didn't you shirley?) = determinate

I'm itching to start our toms off - next weekend I reckon is soon enough, lightwise.....can't wait!

DOH!! Obviously I got up too early to take Madmax to the airport - the brain has now happily gone off to sleep. Pardon my stupidity folks.

[smallblueplanet]

Have you started your toms yet shirley, how many are you going to grow?

[shirlthegirl43]

Have you started your toms yet shirley, how many are you going to grow?

I have roma, ildi and tamina through (planted 3 Feb) looking nothing like Hawthorns as they are in the frost free greenhouse. I have others to plant but they are due in next month. Shirley, brandywine (gonna have another go at them) and I am sure there are others that I can't drag to mind at the moment. Madmax is the only one who eats tomatoes though so I have once again overdone it. Oh, and I have some Robin F1 (miniature toms) planted but not sure if they will grow as they are well out of date.

[madmax]

What types have you planted Shirls!?!?

[hawthorns]

im also going to sow roma in the greenhouse. tumbling toms for baskets. red alert for containers and tamina

[Alison]

Not sowing mine for a few weeks yet, already got too many pots on the window ledges with all the peppers, chillis, aubergines etc! Think I'll have to ask OH if we can knock another window through so that I've got more ledge space!

[smallblueplanet]

Okay, resolve broken! Gonna sow them today - just gotta narrow the choice down now!

[zazen999]

Yeay - if SBP is sowing - I'm sowing.

Thanks for the motivation!!!

[smallblueplanet]

Yeay - if SBP is sowing - I'm sowing.

Thanks for the motivation!!!

Oh no, I'm not taking the rap!

BTW aren't you in the cold wilds of the east mids! Actually I remember now you're in Shardlow near the canal aren't you zazen? Perhaps the water will have a sort of North Atlantic Drift effect?

[si'sraisedbed]

I sowed Tumbling Tom about 10 days ago on the kitchen windowsill with the pots sealed in freezer bags. They are about 2cm tall wity just the seed leaves but looking OK. They are for in the plastic growbag house I got last year. Too early for outdoor toms yet though???

[Winged one]

I sowed Moneymaker and Gardener's delight (freebie seeds from mags last year so didn't mind tempting fate with earlies!) about 3 weeks ago - they are just about showing their first "true" leaves this weekend and looking good.

I put a couple of yellow tumbling tom in on saturday - no progress yet!! (Impatient aren't I?!)

I must put a few more into pots this weekend - I have lots of varieties that I wanted to wait a few weeks for. And I must make a start on the peppers as well - sweet and chilli (all will be going outdoors as we don't have cover, but peppers and some toms will be for the very sheltered garden, and most toms going on the plot with some plastic or fleece around them).