Topic: When to plant out tomatoes??

[chilli queen]

Hi,
Just a quick question - hope it isn't too silly ::)but I am new to all this.
I was about to plant out tomatoes in grow bags yesterday.  They were sown about 8 weeks ago and I have hardened them off.  Anyway noticed on the gro bags it said not to plant out until they have flowers.  Not a flower in sight yet.  Should I wait or put them out?  When do they usually get flowers?  Thanks

[OllieC]

Personally I think the growbag people are wrong - unless they're trying to get us to hold things back. I want my plants to have some kind of an established root system before they're trying to flower so would plant them as you have.

By the time they're flowering, the roots have filled any pots so I think this can only hold them back.

Anyway, you'll have a flower or 2 within a coupla weeks with most varieties.

[cleo]

I`m with Ollie C-plant them now.

[Spookyville]

mine have been out for a few weeks now but not grown very much due to the weather. hoping they will start to take off now!
g/h ones are well away in comparison...

[tim]

I have never yet achieved flowers before planting time!

[chilli queen]

Thank you all for your replies, will plant them out tommorrow.

[cleo]

I have read about not planting toms until the first flowers show-I`m wondering if this goes back to Bothy boys and the staff to pot them on?

I`ve tried to google Victorian methods to no avail. It was the lore once and I`m intrigued.

[tim]

It's long been 'the thing'.

Failed again!!

[Robert_Brenchley]

It's time to get them out now. As soon as we get a warmish spell in June, or you can do it earlier if you're going to cloche them. I'm glad I didn't yield to temptation and start putting them out earlier after last week's frost.

[saddad]

Ours will be going out this week if we can manage it!
 ;D