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Is it safe to move the seedlings outside under a glass cold frame yet? 

That's a question no-one knows the answer to. If we don't have another frost you'll probably be OK but I'm not trusting the weather yet.

I have which I dont mind if I lose, so I am going to put them in the unheated greenhouse to see if they survive. It will be interesting to see how well they survive a frost. If they do well, then next year, i will try putting some other varieties out there to see if they survive.

Its all down to whether we have frosts now and how bad they are.

if you have plenty, why not trying one or two. It will give you a bit more space and they may survive (no promises though ::))

cj :)

They may not die but bear in mind that tomatoes stop growing at 54 F so be prepared for this too.

XX Jeannine

Ah right. So they will be well behind toms that have been kept warm.

cj :)

I never put mine out till the second half of April; the same goes for other tender veg. This year, peppers and aubs won't be going out till late May. We've had a series of cold snaps, and who's to say they're over?

Ran out of space so mine are in cold frames - always stick them outside this time of the year as no greenhouse and on windowsills tend to go leggy. Thermometer indicates down to about 4 -5 C at night and when the sunshines up to about 17 C during the day. They did look sorry for themselves the first night though.

Looking on the long range weather forecast, we are going to have a fairly normal spring and further cold snaps are expected - so I will cover the cold frames with plenty of insulation on those nights.

I've just planted sixteen varieties this afternoon; five that I know will do well outdoors, and the rest as trials. They should have been in a couple of weeks ago, but what with one thing and another it didn't get done. Once they go out in the mini-greenhouses, I'll put my sweet corn and climbing beans in.

I lost alot of my toms a little while ago cause I put them outside, I manged to save about 5 of them, and they are back in the coldgreenhouse and are growing better than what they were  inside.  I think I was a bit early on the first time, but here in swindon the days are not bad at all and not much frost at night

Even if they're not killed by the cold, they won't grow in it. Keep them warm for the time being.