Early Tomato Sowing and Growing thread - poll added please vote

[bramble]

PW, what other varieties are you growing this season?

[janeyo]

Mine all had to be staked the other day as were about to topple over. Since I potted them on they look better though.
Got a few more coming through in case I lose them, will have to give loads away I think and am going to try more outside for sauces this year too. Last year despite the rain they did really well..
Have promised the school, my mum, and several friends some when they get bigger so nmaybe it won't be so bad....
Might sow some more, I just can't seem to stop myself. (step away from the seeds...)

[shirlthegirl43]

The flippin chooks trashed my Roma and Garden Pearl seedlings!!! I will have to start again with those.

[Wren]

Chooks for tea then Shirl

My tom's an sweet peppers have been taking advantage of the warm weather in the south and have been transfered on a tray to a sunny corner along with the sweet peppers all sown on 28/12/2008, and then brought back indoors late afternoon. I made a light reflector box as instructed in GYO mag for the window sill, and of an eve they have been getting extra light from the under cupboard lighting in the kitchen. They are looking strong and stocky, not leggy at all and the sweet peppers have got second an third leaves coming.
I am very pleased with them

sweet peppers


Shirley Tom's

[zazen999]

Zazen what are the moon dates for next month please?

Sorry, just saw this.

If you click on my gardener's calendar link - it shows the moon dates for the coming week - these are the ones I'm using.

Or

Join Bride's Moon group on here [moon planting for dummies] and she is posting dates I think. See your User CP under groups and social...

[pigletwillie]

PW, what other varieties are you growing this season?

This years varieties Bramble are:-

Roma
Amish paste
Sungold
French Black
Black Heart
White rabbit
Urbikany
Aunt Judys German Green cherry
Shirley
Ferline

[Aelfryth]

Wow i have just been reading some of the varieties of toms you are all planted and feel ashamed to say what i have planted but only because i know my kids will eat them!
I planted Tumbling toms today and Moneymaker last week, I also planted my Aubergines "black beauty"
Cucumber "petie F1"
Pepper (sweet) "california wonder.
All have gone into seed compost as its all i could find in greenhouse for some reason? oh and into fibre pots. I cant wait to see if they all grow!! They are inside on a south facing windowsill where the temp is approx 16c - 18c daily.
Ally xx

[bramble]

Good mix P.W.
I'm afraid i'm limited in the ammount of veg I can sow this year as I have lost my big garden.
Today, sowed

Sungold.
Mexico Midget.
Christmas Grapes.
Gardeners Delight.
Hartmans Yellow gooseberry.
Sungoldxblackcherry. (seed experiment) pqssed on to me.
Ferline.
Legend.
Ailsa Craig.
Alicante.

All gone into a heated propogator in the conservatory.

[Herbie]

My second sowing are coming up thick and fast. Will have to rescue money maker from propagator tomorrow as they are getting leggy

[BrideXIII]

my first sowings are all still doing well, they don't seem leggy at all now that i have potted them on, and are on their third/fourth set of leaves now

i was tempted to do a second sowing but i have more than i need already seeing as they all germinated, 36 tom plants i think i may be donating some elsewhere.

[jackie j]

Just spent the day potting up my tomatos among other things and sowed more seed.

[starloc]

Mine now look like this, planted end of november, i think the 29th, over the last week or so i got some flower buds, today i have 1 flower open

There all between 2.5 and 3 foot tall, repotted today from plastic bag 2L pots to 10L pots, still no idea what types they are but i think they might be yellow pear cherry tomato, i planted a few types and some died when the dogs ate them , i presume i lost the tags from them all in the sheepdog attack....



Flower opened today, how long is it normal to take from flower to fruit?



Heres the new ones, planted on the 12th of january, roma, sweet millions and garden pearl

[Herbie]

Today potted on:
x3 Essex Wonder
x3 Gardeners Delight
x2 Yellow Butterfly
X1 Brown Berry
x4 Tigerella
x4 Money Maker

Have far too many tomatoes for my requirements so have already moved a few on to new homes. They have been growing well for this time of year but are still abit on the small size.

[BarleySugar]

My tomatoes, planted 27th Dec, have 5 sets of leaves and small flower buds showing already. They are a bit leggy, but I will have to plant them into their final pots soon if they are coming into flower, so I'll put them deep again. They might have to take their chance in the greenhouse, wrapped with fleece on cold nights, as, at the moment, I can't think of anywhere there would be space and light for them indoors.
I am really surprised they have come on so quick, because they were only sown 2 weeks earlier than I normally do, and usually those plants have gone into final pots mid to late April.

[BrideXIII]

mine are all doing well still, in an unheated greenhouse for the last week inside another mini greenhouse hardening off, on their 5th set of leaves and no more signs of legginess since being repotted nice and deep.