When should I move my tomato plants outside? I started them indoors.?

I started my first-ever tomato plants inside using one of those plastic indoor tomato greenhouse kits with peet disks that expand to about 4 inches tall. I have 16 of them. The plants are about 6 inches tall now, but still are very weak looking. They have lots of leaves, but the stems are still white and willowy. Should I wait until they look like the tomato plants that you buy at the garden center? Like this? http://www.tastefulgarden.com/store/pc/v... I live in Georgia. I planted big boy tomatoes.

When should I move my tomato plants outside? I started them indoors.?
What Jamy suggests is called "hardening off". This will give your seedings a taste of what it is like in the great outdoors. Planting outdoors can be done after the last threat of frost in your area. Even if the plants get very tall and gangly, they can still be planted with part of the stem underground. The stems can be planted horizontally and bent very gently upwards. They will set root right from the stems and give your plants a very strong base.





The Muse
Reply:Hardening off is the key. Short periods outdoors in the sun, lenghtening over a couple of weeks. They will sunburn quickly if left too long. They are not used to that amount of light. You can plant them after danger of frost. Doesn't hurt to do a good hardening and plant a bit late. Don't rush the planting, let the soil and air temp come up a bit. They were tropical plants to start with.
Reply:I would put them out today for an hour then 2 hours tomorrow and so on. Seed started inside tend to go a little week when the get bigger.

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