The 2013 Early Tomato Sowing Thread

[bearded bloke]

Mine are not that big yet,taken today ..............

[spanish_gardener]

Black Cherry
Black Krim
Gardener's Delight

Sow: 11/02/2013

[redser]

Do you mean 11/03/2013?

[Bigmallly]

Do you mean 11/03/2013?

Not sure they would be up that far in a week Red...........Well mine wouldn't anyway........

[Bigmallly]

Wait till after the last frost and I don't feed till they start to fruit..

Glad you said that Bins as I feed when they start to flower.......................that's my lesson learned for today.

[StaryD]

I sowed mine about a month ago and still not seen anything, maybe I have a duff batch (or it hasn't been hot enough yet, they are in my greenhouse). I will leave it a bit longer and if I don't seen any signs of life, I will resow with a new pack.

[bearded bloke]

(or it hasn't been hot enough yet, they are in my greenhouse)

Too cold I reckon,as far as I am aware everyone in this thread are starting them indoors

[rustylady]

I sowed mine about a month ago and still not seen anything, maybe I have a duff batch (or it hasn't been hot enough yet, they are in my greenhouse). I will leave it a bit longer and if I don't seen any signs of life, I will resow with a new pack.

Heated or unheated greenhouse? I germinate mine in a cheap electric propagator on the kitchen windowsill and then move to the windowsill proper until it's warm enough for them to go into the unheated greenhouse.

At the moment I have pots of Sungold, Auntie Madge, Roma, Gardener's Delight, Blue OSU and Moneymaker (for Grandson who wants big tomatoes) all sitting on the windowsill waiting for sunshine.

[StaryD]

Unheated greenhouse. I have other seedlings that have come up fine, but they probably have a different germination required temperature.
Might be an idea to do some in a electric propagator. I have one sitting in the cupboard that I haven't used for ages. Think it might be an idea to dig it out.

[Madasafish]

I sowed mine in a heated propagator in a heated greenhouse mid Feb. Now about 6cm tall.

If unheated they would be dead.

[StaryD]

Well, there's my project today, dig out the heated propagator and sow some more money makers.

[sally fran]

Some of mine are very floppy. Could it be that they've had too much warmth in relation to the light levels? They have been on the sitting room window ledge which is south east facing. It gets quite warm in there first thing in the morning when the radiator is on just below the window, and again in the afternoon and evening once we've lit the woodburner. I've moved them into an unheated room this morning (about the same light levels) and I'm going to repot them this afternoon, burying them deeper and staking them. They're not too dry or too wet, although we were away for a week and by the time a friend came in to water them they were pretty thirsty. They perked up once she watered them though and seemed alright when we got back on Saturday.

Any thoughts? The tallest are 40cms tall - here's a pic...

[Yorkshire.Dave]

Sowed my Gardener's Delight about 9 days ago in pellets on the kitchen windowsill and all plants are about 2cm tall at the moment....no dud seeds this year.
Going to purchase a heated prop soon for future seeds.

[Madasafish]

Some of mine are very floppy. Could it be that they've had too much warmth in relation to the light levels? They have been on the sitting room window ledge which is south east facing. It gets quite warm in there first thing in the morning when the radiator is on just below the window, and again in the afternoon and evening once we've lit the woodburner. I've moved them into an unheated room this morning (about the same light levels) and I'm going to repot them this afternoon, burying them deeper and staking them. They're not too dry or too wet, although we were away for a week and by the time a friend came in to water them they were pretty thirsty. They perked up once she watered them though and seemed alright when we got back on Saturday.

Any thoughts? The tallest are 40cms tall - here's a pic...

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Bigger pots needed... I would repot deeper as well.

[binley100]

Mine are still growing very slowly . In fact I've just had to move some into gh . Bubblewrapped windows, sat in a black plastic tub and fleeced . Fingers crossed ...........