Early Tomato Thread

[poly]

Oh no, I hope your kitchen is ok.

Maybe they will be ok once they have dried out a bit

[gojiberry]

I have a few tomatoes through. My problem now is how do I keep them warm yet still give them enough light so they don't go leggy. I also have one aubergine and a couple of peppers through.

Ian

[maypril]

I also have one aubergine and a couple of peppers through.

My aubergines and peppers still show no sign of surfacing. When did you sow them?

[weekendwellies]

First signs of life noticed yesterday from the Roma seeds I planted on the 2nd, which would be 10 days.

Does everyone else still get a thrill when something grows for them or does that disappear with time?

[Madasafish]

I get a thrill when something grows for me.. I mean plants of course.

[nerdgas]

First signs of life noticed yesterday from the Roma seeds I planted on the 2nd, which would be 10 days.

Does everyone else still get a thrill when something grows for them or does that disappear with time?

I have to admit to the same!

My Roma VF freebies have started to come up and they were sown on 7th Jan.

Also got some Moneymakers, Black Beauty Aubs, Orange Habs & Rokita Chillies coming through.

Still waiting for my Dorset Naga's and Tepin to put in an appearance but I had a bit of a peek in the riot cubes they're sat in and I'm sure I can see them starting to push up!

All sown on 7th Jan.

[braders]

I have a few tomatoes through. My problem now is how do I keep them warm yet still give them enough light so they don't go leggy. I also have one aubergine and a couple of peppers through.

Ian

Thses were sown on New Years Day and potted up on the 11th, they were a bit leggy, but potted deep, they seem to be doing fine so far.

Take care all.
braders...

[ninjajane]

hi all, this is my 2nd year - last year had a few successes and decided to try some early (well I'm just impatient and didn't get a good crop off 2 plants until Sept last year having sown in March); got a tiny bit carried away with the different types tho

Tomato Gardener's Delight
Tomato Tigerella
Black Cherry
Golden Cherry
Zaukertrauber - mixed
berner rose - mixed
brandy wine - mixed
cherry fox - mixed
golden queen - mixed
roma - mixed
snow white

I sowed 3 seeds of each and the mixed were a teaser pack so not sure which seed is which Sowed on the 5th Jan and so far, 2 tigeralla's, 1 of the teasers and a black cherry have emerged

[dabsisme]

I'm going to sow my chilli seed this Monday 18th and then my tom seed 2 weeks later (feb), but I will be sowing my beef tom seeds with my chilli seed to get a good start on them as they take longer to fruit.

Dave...

[poly]

Ever so happy, lots of lovely new tomato seedlings taking up space on my windowsills Hello 2010 tom growing season

[ninjajane]

the majority of mine have peeped their seedling heads up.... last year it took 4 to 6 weeks at least.... gonna run out of windowsill space

[annacruachan]

This is really embarrassing. Sorting out my peppers and tomatoes to sow, I found a homemade packet of brioso tomato seeds. Because of the packet I think this must have been a gift from another grape, but I can't remember who, and I have no idea what kind of tomato this is. I would be grateful if the kind grape would let me know what I am about to sow while I grovel and eat dirt.

[Flummery]

It's one I haven't heard of annacruachan, but don't eat the dirt - you've got to sow the seeds in something!

[annacruachan]

lol Flum! Could I have saved seeds from a supermarket tomato perhaps? It's a bit of a mystery.

[kiwirach]

i have potted on my 3 seedlings today. they were planted on the 2nd of Jan. they are nice and deep now, having got a bit leggy, and should hopefully be happy in these pots til they can go out into the ground.