From outside to in
 

Hello All, this spring I planted a few tomatoes into 8 gallon pots with the intention to bring them in to the GH and grow them through out the winter inside. Does this work well or does an outside plant become miserable when brought inside? Would I be better off to pot up some of the volunteer seedlings that are in the outside beds, and taking them in now instead of the fall? Thanks for your help, Joelle

Joelle-I have done both and my preference is to either start new plants or root suckers from existing plants-both work well, although probably suckering existing plants would give you fruit sooner-and in your zone, that might be best. If you bring in "old" plants, you might bring in insects, hornworms, disease, etc.

Thanks Michael, the last thing I need is more bugs in there, last year I had scale, whitefly and aphids. I was ready to bomb the place. Got it all bleached up and ready for another winter. Joelle

Joelle-let us know how it works out. I will put my fall tomatoes in at the end of August.

Will Do!

so how did they do?