The Early Tomato Sowing Thread

[binley100]

Had a peek in the airing cupboard today and one of the amish paste has started to show...so have moved it into the kitchen prop.

[bigt1888]

today the kids and i planted the following in our heated propogator on the kitchen window sill

6 x cherry tomato
6 x beef tomato
6 x hot chille pepper
6 x ceyanne pepper

and 10 x chille medusa that i harvested from last years plant

fingers crossed they will work at least in part to fire the kids imagination for the coming year

today i checked the propogator and found that the 6 beef toms are around 1 inch high seedlings and some of the chillies have broken the surface.....

the excitement is back again and the winter is over ......officially!! lol

[eospete]

i got 4 x 100's 1000's at a couple of inches high out of 8 sown - rejected 2 cos they went really leggy. then i read that repotting leggy seedlings can be okay if you plant them lower down cos sideroots will form. oh well you learn these things by trial and error

a few red cherry just peeking through - free seeds from a magazine in the heated prop.

we'll see how those go in these days of little light.
cheers
p

[Currysniffa]

My tomato seeds came to day so I going to start a few off in the propagator with the chillies & peppers

Jaune Flamme x 5 a long with
6x Jimmy Nardello's peppers
6x Mohawk
8x orange baby sweet pepper
7x cayenne so far

[brad1001]

just had a quick check and looks like theyve all came up.
i just hope they get enough light now and stop them going too leggy.
the chillies in the airing cupboard have not done anything yet though.

[binley100]

And todays tom to show its face is PW's French Black

[zazen999]

Look after that one chuck - it's gonna be a good one

I've not sowed or anything-ed since Sunday so I'm going to sow a few more toms this weekend. I even have a tray of compost I brought in to warm up, sat here waiting. I'm surprised Mr Z hasn't chucked it by now.

[binley100]

I'm waiting for this lot to all move out of the airing cupboard before I can sow some more......As soon as they start to emerge they go into the kitchen and the light...

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

The Aunt Madge, GI, and 100'2 and 1000's seeds have germinated today

[bigt1888]

i checked the HP today and the tomato seedlings are getting big and leaning toward the light (about 2inch long) should i replant them into pots and move them to another window sill or give them a bit more time in there????

chillies are also starting to show

[tiachica]

I think all my tomatoes have now germinated. Waiting for their first set of true leaves and slowly have to get some pots out, so I can plant the leggy seedlings deep

[Sonata]

I sowed 3x Dr Carolyn Pinks and 3x Gardener's Delight. Yippee, sowing drought OVER!

[gan heather]

I sowed
2 x Tigerella
2 x Black Cherry
2 x Cream Sausage
along with some chillies.

It felt so good to sow something!

[FoxHillGardener]

I sowed 3 seeds each of
Koralik
Red cherry
Yellow pear
Sungold
Mirrabelle blanche tomatoes...

plus some chillies and aubergines

[binley100]

Couldn't wait any longer today I sowed 4 x harbinger and 2x tigerella....... I now have 2x amish paste, 1 x roma and 1x pw fb germinated ........