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Well they had to go in some time, Shirley, Gold Star, Venessa, American 3 and one i call Show Yellow which i have been growing for that long i forgot the name

My word, you do have a big one............greenhouse that is ;D

Isnt it lovely to make a start ;)

Is your greenhouse heated Davy?

Quote from: greenstar on April 03, 2008, 11:03:56
Is your greenhouse heated Davy?

Thats an unheated Polly tunnel.  But don,t follow my example as we have had lovely sunny day days here, hot enough for for the soil to retain the heat.

I'm a bit too far north to even think about shifting them to the greenhouse for another month or so yet.  Where abouts are you that you can move them already?

Oh dear, Am I going to have to bring mine in?  They are in Pastic zip ups in the back yard(so small you can't fit a corsa!), best part of the sunshine and surrounded by walls.
If I do bring them in, our back porch is temp wise in between but there isn't much light and they were getting a red/purple tint to some of the leaves, that's why I moved them out on Sunday.
What to doooooo!!!!!!! ??? ??? ???

I think, Twirlie, the red/purple tint may be to do with them being too cold - this happened to mine last year when I moved them too soon to my (unheated, and several panes missing) greenhouse.  It didn't harm them in the long run, but their growth was seriously checked for weeks and didn't get a decent crop of tomatoes until the end of August.  But then I am in Glasgow and last year wasn't exactly sunny.

I'm playing safe this year and waiting until Mayday  - I'll get good socialist tomatoes that way  ;)

Seriously checked - words to remember!!  And it's going to be -3 in places tomorrow?

Better in the long run to be patient? Only just potted up my first today.

Nice, plenty of depth there TIM, lots of Nodes to get roots off.

mine look like tims too, although some colder resistant varietys are doing well too!

I wish mine looked as good ;D

Sinbad

what are they planted in davyw1?

Quote from: otto_nowak on April 08, 2008, 21:16:07
what are they planted in davyw1?

Straight into the ground using Ring Culture

is  it  better  to  plant into  the  ground  or  in  pots  ..i  know its  more difficult  to get  the  watering  right  if  you  plant t hem  into  pots   but  if  you change  the  soil  every  year  do they  still  do well ?

Bottomless pots are a good compromise, the good old black buckets, ex florist or supermarket, cut the bottom out, stick in the ground fill with compost allow to settle and plant tom... once the main roots get out into the soil they don't need much watering, just feeding in the pot. Found it best to shift site after about 5-8 years.... then just rotate with the cucs!!
;D

I don,t grow any Tomato,s outside only because i have ample indoor space.
I also grow in pots as well as in the ground. When i do my pots i only fill them three quarters full, then put my plant in, as the plant grows i top up with my compost mix till eventually i get to the top and the tomato looks like it is growing in a pyramid and i only water round the sides of the pot. The same applies to the ones that go straight into the soil, that's why i grow ring culture.
The reason for doing this is on the stems of the plant you have what is called Nodes, these grow into roots, so i am trying to create a bigger root system.