When is too early to set out young tomatoes?
 

Hi, everyone--I started my indoor seedlings *very* late this year--do I
need to keep them indoors until they're 8 weeks old, or can I set the
younger ones out at the usual time (Victoria Day here in Toronto!)
Thanks

You can put them out anytime you are ready, but they will probably grow
faster inside a hot house atmosphere for 24 hours a day rather than in the
garden where it gets cool at night. I dont know about tomatoes, but
watermelon plants will suffer being set back a couple of weeks if put out
too early and exposed to weather that is too cool.

Dwayne


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Hi, everyone--I started my indoor seedlings *very* late this year--do I
need to keep them indoors until they're 8 weeks old, or can I set the
younger ones out at the usual time (Victoria Day here in Toronto!)
Thanks

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Hi, everyone--I started my indoor seedlings *very* late this year--do I
need to keep them indoors until they're 8 weeks old, or can I set the
younger ones out at the usual time (Victoria Day here in Toronto!)

I/ve always held off setting mine outside until the average low temperature
is 55°F (13°C) or higher. Set them out too soon and they/ll just stand
there asking to be assulted by insects and disease.

Thanks, everyone--I'll keep them in a bit longer. Now the youngest
leaves are starting to wilt, but I'm hoping transplanting them into
bigger pots with better potting soil will take care of that.

My experience with Tomatos is, , ,

I plant them in tubs (1/2 wine casks)in Mid April, on the EAST side of
the house, and water well with good drainage. That way, the get the
Morning sun, but not the hot afternnon sun. Mine are just now
blossoming, but no fruit yet.

BTW, I live in the Northern High Desert (Mojave) in Calif.

Ron C.
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On 18 May 2005 19:54:32 -0700, wrote:

Thanks, everyone--I'll keep them in a bit longer. Now the youngest
leaves are starting to wilt, but I'm hoping transplanting them into
bigger pots with better potting soil will take care of that.

TQ wrote:

.........................
I/ve always held off setting mine outside until the average low temperature
is 55°F (13°C) or higher...........................


Well, I envy you. Where I live the average low temperature during the
warmest part of July is 52 degrees.
I try to plant them out the first week of June even though we usually
have our last snow flurry the first week of May. This year was no
exception. We had snow on May 2,3 and 4. Enough to make the ground white
for a while on the 3rd. A week later on the 10th it was 81 degrees and
my daughter took a brief swim in the lake. Then on the 12th it was in
the teens at sunrise. Crazy.
Yeah, I do grow tomatoes.

Steve (in the Adirondacks)