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    Tomatoes germinated in unheated greenhouse

    So...

    I sowed toms indoors, they came up

    I sowed toms in a heated prop and they also came up

    Many of the seedlings from the above have been in my unheated greenhouse for weeks now...and 2 weekends ago I sowed tomatoes and left them in the greenhouse to germinate - and yesterday the first ones are up.

    YAY

    I try and only have a couple grown indoors - these get grown on quickly and planted out at the start of May, the rest are grown hard in the greenhouse; and it's always good when they germinate out there of their own accord.

    Now, all I need to do is work out what to do with them all.


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    I have a tray of toms that germinated indoors, then I moved them to an unheated greenhouse. They look fine, but in the last 10 days they haven't grown at all. I have concluded that it's too cold at night now and I think I'm going to bring them inside again to grow them on!

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    • #3
      Did you harden them off first?

      If they germinate in an unheated greenhouse they grow hard but don't get checked by the cold....

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      • #4
        here comes the dumb question

        Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
        they grow hard
        whats grow hard please
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        • #5
          Don't mollycoddle them....

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          • #6
            Have you got three batches sown on same day to grow on side by side? Would love to have a "review" at the end of the season please
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Kristen View Post
              Have you got three batches sown on same day to grow on side by side? Would love to have a "review" at the end of the season please
              Nope. Once I change to greenhouse I change to greenhouse.

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              • #8
                But you've got the three separate batches? (OK maybe not sown on the same day) or did I misunderstand?

                Knowing how they compare would be interesting. i.e. whether "faff" is worth it, and if so how much difference it makes.

                If the ones you grew from seed in the cold greenhouse start cropping the day after the ones raised in the propagator (or even a week or 10 days for that matter) then the "faff" becomes debatable I reckon.
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                • #9
                  All sown different times; earliest were indoors, then the heated prop as space became available [after the chilis had hogged the space] then in the greenhouse.

                  From indoors, my first harvest has been 2nd June. Which is why I continued to sow a few early.

                  You can always try a trial yourself - I am happy with my methods

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                    You can always try a trial yourself - I am happy with my methods
                    Indeed! I've made a note to do that next year. Can't wind the clock back to try it this year though.
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                    • #11
                      Well done Zazen999 - must be all that glorious Derbyshire sunshine we've been having. Did you know that a tomato nursery in Derbyshire kept the UK supplied many moons ago?!
                      Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

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                      • #12
                        Sadly my greenhouse currently has a pane of glass missing - no greenhouse germination for me this year!
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Flummery View Post
                          Sadly my greenhouse currently has a pane of glass missing - no greenhouse germination for me this year!
                          And mines just in the process of receiving a new roof and extension!
                          Last edited by Snadger; 26-03-2011, 07:40 PM.
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                          to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by VirginVegGrower View Post
                            Well done Zazen999 - must be all that glorious Derbyshire sunshine we've been having. Did you know that a tomato nursery in Derbyshire kept the UK supplied many moons ago?!
                            No I didn't - which one?

                            I had 3 different varieties up today - so not just a fluke
                            Last edited by zazen999; 26-03-2011, 07:48 PM.

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                            • #15
                              Do you have a min max thermometer in the GH? If you do, what's the lowest they've been through.

                              I remember posting and wondering about this last year, when I had some hardy self seeded toms germinating in the GH. None this year though, it's been too cold I reckon.
                              "Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"

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