Can somebody stop a novice/idiot from killing her tomatos

[sherby]

Please bear with me because apart from cress this is the first thing I have ever grown.

I bought some tomato plants yesterday and they are in six individual cubes in a box. It says on the box they can either go into the ground or into pots. If I want to put them into the ground can I do that now? And if so do I just turn over the soil that I want to put them in, mix with some compost, dig a hole and put them in?

Please help DP is laughing and saying they will be dead in a week.

I think they are called moneymaker tomatos.

TIA

I would not put them in the ground yet - we are still likely to get frosts which would kill them.

Put in pots and keep inside on cold nights - or at least cover with something.

Often people grow them in growbags - but if you want to put them in the ground then what you suggested is fine - but I would wait a few weeks - or rig up some kind of shelter you can put over them when needed.

rhs advice not outside yet. are you north or south? how big are cubes? sounds as though you may need to put them individually into bigger pots or they will do the leggy thing.

I did buy some pots to put them in because I wasn't sure, they are just normal plastic ones about 13cm across. Could I put them in the pots for a few weeks and then move to the ground?

Cubes are about 2" across.

South

I think they should be ok to pot on and then put in the ground later - I don't think they object too much to root disturbance.