The 2013 Early Tomato Sowing Thread

[zazen999]

Looking good CG.... when potting then on again you can plant them with a good portion of the stems under compost to encourage good root growth... wish mine were that advanced...

I prefer to keep them smallish so that when they go out into the warm greenhouse in March/April they steam ahead.

Otherwise I'd not have any room indoors for actually growing them.

The queen of growing indoor tomatoes is VVG. Never seen anything like it!

[Tripmeup]

I prefer to keep them smallish so that when they go out into the warm greenhouse in March/April they steam ahead.

Otherwise I'd not have any room indoors for actually growing them.

The queen of growing indoor tomatoes is VVG. Never seen anything like it!

I have plenty of room indoors (in the house, I mean) for growing them on as I have a large area with an all glassfront that I can use in Feb and early March and they sit on a floor with underfloor heating.
Worked well last year and with the weather the way it was and me delaying putting up my greenhouse, they were still there at end May !!
Only problem this year is my 18 month old son is now mobile and very destructive so, they will have to go on tables...

[binley100]

Mine were in the conservatory all wrapped up with a fleece blanket. With all this cold yucky weather they looked a bit sad and the temp in there seems to be not much above freezing. So they have had to be moved into the spare room on a temporary heath robinson type table by the window. Anyway just checked on them and they look a lot happier.

[veggiechicken]

3 Latah sown 11/1 are poking their snouts out so moved to the Blue Peter lightbox to join the others
No heat - apart from sitting in the kitchen!

[binley100]

Aubs are in the kitchen with no heat ......think the conservatory has just got too much glass at the moment for them . I'll move 'em back in a few degrees.......

[Marcher]

Sine tomatoes are perennial in their homeland, has anyone tried keeping the plants going for a few years? I expect productivity would decline after a few years.

[binley100]

Got some overwintering but they are cuttings . They get pretty tall over the summer so I should think space inside to keep them going could be difficult....

[veggiechicken]

I've cut some of my armpits down to re-root - they were too gangly.

[binley100]

Can't have gangly armpits.......mine are just ticking over .

[veggiechicken]

Acksherly - mine look a bit sickly and yellow Maybe I should pot them up but keep them in the house, then take the tops orf again

[binley100]

Where are they at the moment......?

[veggiechicken]

On the windowsill in the kitchen - in water. They look as if they need feeding.

[binley100]

oh I thought you meant the plants ........d'oh

[veggiechicken]

Nah - cuttings! The little seedlings are in the "lightbox"!! There are a couple of last year's tomato plants bubble wrapped in the GH as an experiment too

[bearded bloke]

Did you see any of the perennial plantings on Madiera Bin's? (got pic's somewhere but could take a while to find)