Should my tomatoes be flowering yet?

[Chesh]

Hi guys so this is my first time trying to grow tomatos and only my second attempted at growing my own at all.

Now I presumed I wouldn't of got flowers until the tomatos were a lot further along.



This could totally just be my newbie knowledge but thought I would check but you can just see due to the poor photo one starting to come on the first plant on the right.

[cariann88]

The flowers will not start producing until the tomato plant is bigger. Mine have only just started to flower.

[Scarlet]

Sometimes they flower when the plant is small due to stress. I notice that all your leaves are wet, when watering tomatoes try to keep the water off the leaves. If their final destination is large pots, try to water from the bottom.
Good luck!

[Chesh]

Thank you, I had just watered them. I'll remember that thou. They will be going into a larger trough eventually.

[roitelet]

When did you sow the seed?

[eospete]

Mine tend to start flowering when they reach 2ft tall for most cordon varieties. I'm growing Shirley, sungold and gardeners delight and it's this variety which was first to flower. Coincidentally it's also the one nearest the door and also the light.
Was the same this year and got flowers mid may from a greenhouse plant which gets 5 hours direct light/day and I think this is also a factor. I have my greenhouse temperature generally around 20degrees heated until end of April then take out the heater at the start of May weather permitting. This year I switched it off over Easter when the temps went up.
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[Chesh]

They were sown late Aprilish after Easter that's a definate.

I am going to re pot them into troughts for their final place this weekend I think so they can go out into the blow away instead of being in the lean too which has reinforced glass as it's ceiling. It does get very hot in there when the suns out.

[roitelet]

To have your tomatoes in flower now you need to sow in Jan/Feb.

[Jay22]

I sowed some Tumbling Toms in March and have a few flowers on them already.

I notice Scarlet said not to get the leaves wet and that's been ok so far as I have been watering them from the bottom but what happens when they eventually go outside full time? Must they be kept under cover?

[roitelet]

They need an umbrella!

[Potstubsdustbins]

Tumbling tom will be fine outside, mine went out in their hanging baskets this week.

[esbo]

To have your tomatoes in flower now you need to sow in Jan/Feb.

Not as early as that, mine were sown in mid-march and I have a photo of one flowering on may 20th.
Some of the flowers have dropped off and are now tiny tomatoes, one is bigger than a grape!

[Penellype]

My Sungold plants are 3ft high and in flower, having been planted outside under a blowaway greenhouse cover in early May. Totem, planted at the same time but inside for longer, is also flowering while Chocolate Cherry and Tumbling Tom have buds but no open flowers. All were sown on the same day, 4th April. It really does depend a lot on the variety you are growing. Shirley, sown in January and grown in the house is producing ripe fruit.