Too soon to plant out french beans and tomatoes?

[redser]

I sowed dwarf french beans way too early, think it was around early March. Pre-chitted and then popped them into root-trainers. I took 8 of the 32 and planted them in the tunnel about 3 weeks ago and made a fleece tent on bamboo sticks around them. The rest have been in the window at home. These ones are flowering and about half have little developing beans. It will be interesting to see can I bring some to picking stage by leaving them in the trainers! But most will go in the tunnel, soon hopefully. The ones I planted in the tunnel 3 weeks ago are doing really well, considering. They are smaller than the ones at home and are only starting to flower, but they have survived!
I wish I had done this for my Toms. The leaky blowaway out the back garden has caused a good bit of wind/sun burn and curly leaves. But flowering all the same.
Going to run so many experiments next year!!

[otorongo]

My tomatoes have been in the greenhouse since mid February. They haven't grown much though.

[binley100]

I haven't sown a bean yet .......toms are in the gh , bras are in the blowaway , aubs, chillies and peppers are in the conservatory and the triffids are taking over the world(well whatever space is available)

[Bren In Pots]

I'm hedging my bets, half my toms stay in the greenhouse then the rest come into the kitchen over night.

[redser]

This might be of interest to some. It's where I got the idea for a fleece tent for the beans. Am trying it on one tomato in the tunnel at the moment. She pulls the fleece down at night and rolls it up in the morning. But because the wet fleece doesnt lie on the foliage I've been leaving mine on all the time. Seems to be working for me so far. See photo and text about half way down, she's planted a row out already ...

Early May 2012

[Two_Sheds]

My tomatoes have been in the greenhouse since mid February. They haven't grown much though.

That's the trouble. They've had a check in their growth now and might never recover.
I did the same as an experiment, to show the kids at school: the toms on my cold windowsill are still only 3" tall and spindly, while their brothers on the warm sunny windowsill are 12" tall and flowering

[Brentalist]

Too soon to plant out french beans and tomatoes?

Hi all

I have had an even worst case of overenthusiasm brought on by March being so warm and last years diary telling me I had successful planting out of beans and tomatoes from this week ish last year.

so I have windowsills and study floors with 3 feet beans and 2 foot tomatoes and flowering courgettes and cucumber. I planted out 3 sugarsnap peas and 2 runner bean plants on Monday night and they look like they have suffered. I know I know, too early will out that in my "lessons learned" and sow seeds from mid april onwards

so now running out of windowsill space and have flowering and fruits, got to wait till after this weekends frosts and then fingers crossed can actually plant out and give the house back.

good point about soil temp I need to check that

[Madasafish]

My tomatoes have been in the greenhouse since April: in a small plastic greenhouse mounted on a shelf inside my real greenhouse. In bad frosts, paraffin heater underneath.

My runners planted April are in the greenhouse - on the floor - and about 10cms tall. I will plant them out end May.

Tomatoes never outside here: unless an exceptional summer they take too long to ripen.