can my toms go out now

[Dizzytizzy]

Help my toms ( I am growing 6 varieties )some are about 2foot tall ,some are starting to flower. I have grown them in the house and I have about 60 of them but I am running out of space .

[taff]

check your last frost date
First and last frost dates for towns and cities in the UK and USA
I wouldn't if you can't put them under cover somewhere...

[singleseeder]

Help my toms ( I am growing 6 varieties )some are about 2foot tall ,some are starting to flower. I have grown them in the house and I have about 60 of them but I am running out of space .

More to the point, will you have space to put them out? That's a lot of tomatoes.

Will we be seeing you booking into the 'Plantaholic' thread anytime soon?

[Florence Fennel]

Blimey DT, that's some big house you have! It's not really warm enough to put them entirely outside yet, but if it's warm enough where you are I suppose you could put them out during the day and bring them in at night. Wouldn't fancy that chore though, not with 60 plants. Good luck, and welcome to the Vine. Do let us know how you get on.

[Currysniffa]

Mine are in the greenhouse but are put inside a fleeced blow-away at night.

[Newton]

Unfortunately jack is paying us a late visit this week and weekend. Cold northerly air is almost upon us. Tonight ok but frost forecast later in the week.

I hate jack. My potatoes are all up.........toms and chilli now in the GH.

[Newton]

Unfortunately jack is paying us a late visit this week and weekend. Cold northerly air is almost upon us. Tonight ok but frost forecast later in the week.

I hate jack. My potatoes are all up.........toms and chilli now in the GH.

[Florence Fennel]

My toms are in the stayput now. They're on their own.

[Two_Sheds]

You're in the south-west, so your last frost may well have passed - mine has.

You need to harden them off before they go outside permanently (put them outside on nice days, back indoors at night, for 1-2 weeks). It's really not worth trying to skip that step

[donnakebab]

Frost forecast over the weekend. Not sure which areas but I'll be covering my strawberries.

[Creemteez]

DT, I'm hardening my toms off as we speak. They'll all go back in the greenhouse tonight, then back out tomorrow as long as the wind is not too strong or cold.
I call it "The Tommie Shuffle" (You put your Ailsa Craig in, your Black Russian out, IN - OUT, IN - OUT, You shuffle them all about.......)

[Sarico]

check your last frost date
First and last frost dates for towns and cities in the UK and USA
I wouldn't if you can't put them under cover somewhere...

my last frost is early may.. that mean they can go out now or not?
i start now to leave them outside in the blowaway a bit longer ( about 10 11pm) and back inside the house and from mid may outside and night time in the blowaway and at the end of may ( i have 2 week off yeah) is planting time...

[Pa Snips]

I think that means, Sarico, that there will be a frost in early May, so until we've had one they should stay under cover, however, the weather is way too fickle to adhere to the vague dates of a website. I haven't seen any frost since I built my greenhouse nearly two months ago.

[Sarico]

I think that means, Sarico, that there will be a frost in early May, so until we've had one they should stay under cover, however, the weather is way too fickle to adhere to the vague dates of a website. I haven't seen any frost since I built my greenhouse nearly two months ago.

i have seen the frost twice all year.. but i don't want to be a third one lol... my plant they still not that big so i did for 2 months bring them in and out so another 2 weeks i don't think will be a problem...better play safe.

[Likac66]

I saw plenty of frosts in the first couple of weeks in April still. And I'm guessing we've still got one or two to come.