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Hi All,

Is it too early yo put my seedlings into a cold greenhouse??

Tomatoes,peas, sweetcorn,chillies etc

Thanks, Mandy

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In Falkirk, I'd say yes. I have mine out in the day but I bring them into the house at night until mid-May. East Yorkshire. If you have a max/min thermometer - about £5 - you can keep an eye on your night time temperatures for a few days and judge for yourself.

However, if you have some fleece to put over them if a frost is forecast you might get away with it. It depends if your greenhouse is near the house or away on the lottie.

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Hello Mandy,
I have all my seedlings, including tomatoes, cukes, peppars, courgettes etc etc all in the greenhouse. I turned the heat off two weeks ago. All seem to be thriving great. I put them ALL outside in the sun all day, then tuck them up in the greenhouse at night...Lauren

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Lauren

I've got all my seedling in my unheated greenhouse...

We're on the north west coast, so it's hellishly windy, so I keep a load of fleece in the greenhouse "just in case" to cover stuff up if it gets really colf or frosty

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Thanks everyone, I have been tucking them in at night but maybe I am a little too keen

The lowest I have had is 5C, but maybe better safe than sorry as I am a bit further north.

Mandy

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Hi MB. Im 10 miles outside Edinburgh and I've had all my seedlings in an unheated greenhouse for 2 weeks now, they all seem to be fine.

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Jules AKA Inca'smum

HI Inca's mum,

Do you use fleece etc?

I want to leave everything out but don't want to be crying about dying seedlings.

It is a new greenhouse and I WANT to fill it

Thanks, Mandy

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I dont use fleece,dont have any, and everything is ok. I have been wondering about the next few nights though 'cause we are meant to get really cold weather here again. Dont know if hubbywould be very happy if I asked to go to the garden centre again tonight, we were there all weekend! I think I'm going to chance not using any.

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Jules AKA Inca'smum

Thanks Inca's Mum,

I think I will leave them be tonight, will get a better thermometer after work and keep an eye on things just in case. Maybe some more fleece and seeds..... just in case

Mandy

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It's really bad but I dont have a thermometer either, I bought one when my kids were babies (health visitor told me it was a must for the nursery) was never out the blinkin room checking it, drove me mad and made me totally paranoid. So I decided not to buy one for the greenhouse.( trying to pretend that I have regained my sanity)

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Jules AKA Inca'smum

I have in my unheated greenhouse Lettuice,sprouting broccoli,melons tomatoes,chillies,runner beans,borlotti beans, peppers & other stuff I have forgot about. All seem to be going well.
I planted outside to-day 28 runner bean plants.

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W. C. Fields

Hello Mandy, glad to see you have your greenhouse up. Understand why you're desperart to start using it. Strictly speaking it's too early to have your plants out there - except your peas, I germinated mine in the unheated greenhouse, hardened them off and planted them They're looking great. Will just have to watch out for frost and get get the fleece over them. Poundland have it for , yes, £1. I've bought loads.
If you want to chance it you would probably get away with it if you used plenty fleece. And not too late to start again if it goes pear shaped.
It's up to yourself.
I'm chancing it with some squash I planted ridiculously early. They're outside with flowers on and wrapped in fleece at night. So far so good ! If it fails I've plenty time for more.

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Please take care folks...so far this has been an unusual year as far as weather is concerned!!

You might lose your runners Bubblewrap as we are forecast frosts this weekend. Soft outside plants like beans I have only just sown in pots. Protect them with fleece if you can.

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updated - Sunday 19th at 2100hrs

I have everything out now or in unheated greenhouses! this is the first night for some of them i.e runnerbean babies, sunflowers, nasturtium, melon i hope there is no more frost!!!

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We've got our greenhouse up so have planted loads of seeds - hope there aren't any frosts this w/e! It's too much of a temptation when the weather is sunny not to try to fill the greenhouse.

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Hope everybody has there fleece a the ready as I doubt we have seen the last of the frost for the year.
Last year I planted runner beans far too early and had had to plant them out because of the sheer size. Got caught with a few frosty days and nights in May. I wrapped fleece all over them and they came through just fine. It looked really weird, like a line of ghosts in the garden.
This year, I haven't planted them yet. Going for my early gamble on other things.

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Too cold here for anything outside (200 metres above sea level in Moorlands) except lettuce. All in unheated greeenhouse but put heater on last night and fleece and will tonight as forecast is for frost..

We often lose our apple crop due to frosted blossoms: covering them with fleece is a real pia so I rarely do

we got our toms outside in the greenhouse at home that way if we get a frost we can go out with candles and flease we have more in the house but these where a bit to big to keep in the house now we also got our first tom only small and green but its our first and we are proud of it. I think a semoronial eating is on the way
sorry if this does not make sence
(its the drugs )

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Don't be lulled into a false sense of security if this is your first year growing, people. It's unseasonably warm. After 30 years veg growing I don't trust the weather yet! Hardy stuff is out but frost tender stuff still follows me in at night. It's part of my Keep Fit campaign, the yomping to and from the greenhouse!

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Thanks Flummery, i take heed of the warning, i think i will carry on taking in the delicates at night for a while

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I wont be planting softies out till at least the last week in May and that will be after lots of hardening off.

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Kindest regards, David.

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updated - Sunday 19th at 2100hrs

I've got all my seedlings in an unheated greenhouse and whilst they are looking fine I do cover them with propagator tops at night. I must say though that they are not going great guns in the growing race, but I have noticed that they are putting alot of roots on, so not all lost. I put peas which are now about 3 inches high in roottrainers down into the polytunnel on Monday (running out of space in the greenhouse!), but got the fleece ready for them too!

This is the earliest I have ever sown (new greenhouse!), so I have only sown small amounts of everything - just in case! Given the weather south at the weekend (26 degrees compared to our 10 degrees) I see how you can get carried away with wanting to get things outside. Most of mine never even get outside!