Early Tomato Sowing and Growing thread - poll added please vote

[pigletwillie]

me too! I have totally un-itchy fingers, having for years sown things far too early and lived to regret it.

Good luck to all of you ... don't use all your seeds now

That makes two of us then.

[SarzWix]

That makes two of us then.

Three
Although I know I could sustain their growth by heating the greenhouse, i don't want to start paying for gas til April at the earliest - I know one bottle is enough for 2 months

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Strawbs are going in on 6th of Jan

[MaureenHall]

I was dying to get started on the sowing too Yesterday (28th) I soaked a block of coconut fibre in warmish water and filled 12 tiny papier-mache modules. I've planted 4 of each Scatalone (Italian plum tomatoes), 4 Moneymaker & 4 100's & 1000's. They were all that I had to hand without trawling through the whole of my seed box and getting it muddled up again! They're in an unheated propagator on my kitchen windowsill where (hopefully) they won't get neglected regarding misting/watering

[coomber]

Ooohh I just checked on my seeds and I have some Toms pokeing through, will have a better look in the morning and see which varieties have germinated so far

[Alice]

My Toms Red Alert (from Flummery's seed) have germinated today

[BarleySugar]

All 3 of the Green Tiger toms from Seahorse are up,
2 Fresno, 1 Red Cherry and 1 Jalapeno Chillies (these were sown at the same time but not mentioned in my original post. They were old seed, sow by Sept 2007, from a neighbour that apparently hadn't grown for them last year so they were going to throw them away!)

I am moving the propagator to my bedroom window sill which gets more light, and putting tinfoil around the back of it to reflect what there is. I will leave the propagator on as most of the seeds aren't up yet.

[theloon in the moon]

hello i am new here if its any use to you all last year i put my beefsteak toms in double deep and gave them twice as much room as what the packet says gave them liquid home brewed manure tea the result was handsome twice as sweet about a third bigger good luck.

[Seahorse]

All 3 of the Green Tiger toms from Seahorse are up

Woohoo! A little vicarious seed sowing thrill for me there

[theloon in the moon]

toms

Woohoo! A little vicarious seed sowing thrill for me there

you are to quick ! happy new year.

[Seahorse]

I don't know the exact variety as it was from a 'heriatge mix' but I have one tomato germinated as of this morning

Must stop taking the lid off the prop to look at it!

[BarleySugar]

My Sunburst are up today as well, but no sign of Tigerella or the Numex Twilight chillies that were fresh seed.
It's very dull here today, even on my brightest window sill.

[Alice]

My Sub Arctic Plenty have germinated today - so that's all the toms on their way.

[mr worm]

ill join in!

i sowed 100s and 1000s,about 8 seeds im using westland compost i planted them on the 28th i planted them in a pot.

they just started to come up on 1st jan



Mr worm

[bobleponge]

Sorry for my late arrival on this thread, travelling, computer problems, internet problems er um oh yes, and some drinking, all combined to make me slightly en retard.

At 1137 on the 29th December (sorry Moon Goddess Zazen I just couldnt do it earlier) I planted 4 each of the following:
Roma VF plum toms
T+M Sungold
Le Mottay cherry toms
Les Roches beefsteaks.

They were planted into pots using Sem terreau horticole (basic planting compost) and were placed on the south facing kitchen window sill.
This morning (2\01\09) I awoke from my drunken stupour and remembered that I have an unheated propogator in my greenhouse so they are now sat happily in that.
They will receive room temperature water, from the bottom as I see fit.

Good luck all, especially those with germination already.
As they were supposed to be sown on 27/28 this could be a counter experiment as I was a bit late?