Topic: when do you start you tomato seeds.

[thegreatgardener]

when do you start your tomato seeds?

[runnerbean]

Middle of Feb in conservatory .. when do you?

[dc2]

when do you start your tomato seeds?

If for the greenhouse around mid march for outside early April of course it also depends on the variety .
I got a free packet in a mag the other week saying that could be sown in January in the greenhouse  they are called red cherry .
I will give them a try .

[manicscousers]

end of january indoors

[Lauren S]

I have sown some already...they are about an inch and a half tall now.
I got the idea from the Grow Your Own Magazine page 82, December issue.

[dc2]

I have sown some already...they are about an inch and a half tall now.
I got the idea from the Grow Your Own Magazine page 82, December issue.

Wow thats early , when ever I have started them off to early they have gone leggy and died  .

[tim]

For in or out, & with heat or not, TGG?

[Sparkly]

I read the same article in 'grow your own'. I think the idea is to grow cherry varieties in a heated greenhouse. I am going to try 'balcony yellow' planted this weekend in the conservatory. See what happens. I am going to try and hold off planting my toms (bar these few) till late march. The problem is I get too excited in feburary and start getting the sowing itch!

[thegreatgardener]

Last year I start tomato seeds on Dec 15 and planted outside in ground surrounded by wall o waters on feb 16. Plants did very well till a deer severely damage them when they damaged my fence.

[kt.]

Last year I sowed mine early - mid March.  I thought they were quite small by planting out time, some only 5-6" tall.  Maybe they would of cropped earlier had they been sown in January or February.  So this year I will be sowing my tomato seeds throughout February.

[shirlton]

middle of Feb for me on windowsill with a radiator underneath.

[saddad]

March, but the specific week varies from year to year...  ;D

[growmore]

Same as saddad on this, I think March is plenty early enough unless you have a heated greenhouse with some auxiliary lighting .
Germinating em any earlier ain't a problem it's getting them to grow away into strong  sturdy plants ,not the weak drawn spindly things you invariably get  by trying to  grow them on in low light levels .

[grawrc]

I'm thinking of growing mine indoors in my upstairs hall this year. I have a huge cupola which lets in every available bit of sunshine and it's easier to water them regularly at home rather than going to the allotment. Should be better protected from blight too! On that basis I shall try one or too over the xmas holidays, then add one or two each month to see what does best. I'll only plant indeterminates indoors and do some determinates for the allotment outdoors sowing early - mid March.

[flowerofshona2007]

I do a few in January when i sow the chillies and a few in in late Febuary, always works for me but i do have a heated greenhouse  :)

[tonybloke]

I ain't checked my moon-phase calendar yet!! ;) (should start a debate) ;D ;D

[valmarg]

I ain't checked my moon-phase calendar yet!! ;) (should start a debate) ;D ;D

Read the gardening section of today's Telegraph about a society in New England that grow everything by the phases of the moon.

I suppose it really only matters if you are a lunar-tic. ;D ;D ;D

valmarg

[5rod]

hi 5 rod here
start my frist toms on jan 1st in heat and with 14 hours
of light,eat frist toms middle of april,sown  last toms
in june and will be ready  for christmas
                      ;D ;D ;D ;D

[pigeonseed]

I can't remember when I've started mine - I think March, but other people's plants always have a head start on mine.

So I might try Feb next year, in the house.