Bad wind, Tomatoes, and squashed Radishes.

[ItsEssexRob]

Hey there, thanks for replies to my previous posts, Peppers doing ok after transplanting, but the damaged one from washing up liquid is still struggling.

Last night and today there has been a fairly strong wind blowing around and I am concerned some of my weaker plants may get affected.

Currently outside on a table and little stand are Lettuces,Caulis, Strawbs in a grow bag Spring Onions, and germinating Beets and Radishes.

I have only just started turning my garden from a tip into a proper garden so have no shed greenhouse or way to protect my plants from the elements, other than the little stack shelf and the fact they are mostly in tall troughs with sides that protect them a little. All plants apart from the strawbs are young/seedlings.

Will the plants be fairly strong or is it likely to affect them?

I have about 12 tomato plants that I have been growing in my car ( ideal greenhouse) and on my window sill and was just wondering when they could go outside? I know its supposed to be warmer this weak but am I better to keep them indoors til June or July?

They are fairly young, about 3-5 inches tall and have some decent leaves on them.

I had a bit of trouble growing radishes my first time. They sprouted fine and grew up big and bushy, but failed to bulb up, and I am assuming now that this was due to inexperience and having them about 5 mm apart from each other and the fact they have been grown in a green seed tray that is only about 2 inches deep?

I have sown some into a deep trough and they have come up, but at some point my partner lumped a big pepper plant pot on them and about 10 of them are all yellow. Do I cut my losses pull these out and re-sow or will they come back to life turn green and work?

Thanks for helpful replies before guys!

[Two_Sheds]

fairly strong wind blowing around ... outside on a table and little stand are Lettuces,Caulis, Strawbs in a grow bag Spring Onions, and germinating Beets and Radishes

Don't have anything on a table if it's windy: they gonna dump on the ground =(

have no shed greenhouse or way to protect my plants

Maybe invest in a £7 blowaway?

tomato plants ... wondering when they could go outside?

Once it's a min. of 10c day and night. Plus, you need to harden them off for 7-10 days before they go out permanently

radishes ... having them about 5 mm apart ... grown in a green seed tray that is only about 2 inches deep?

There you go. Not enough space. Think about a full grown radish (about 15mm wide?) That's how far apart the seeds need to be. Full grown radish + root is probably 6"

about 10 of them are all yellow.

That's because they've had no light ~ they might come back for you

[Florence Fennel]

Very comprehensive reply for you there from TS, Rob, so nothing to add except good luck

[ItsEssexRob]

Thanks :-). once the gardens level I will probably invest in something to shelter them, and will leave Toms indoors til June.July.

[Feral007]

We just dropped our radish seed into the ground and millions of them came up. Never done them before, but we did get the very little ones as we arent that fond of them. Ok added to things, but a million radish go a long way. I couldn't help a smile when I saw the topic - I'd always heard radish gave some people bad wind