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here are 2 tomato plants i started way earier than the rest just to see how they would react to taking heat mat away and turning the fan on them in the basement 7 times aday for 1/2 an hour each time, well they are starting to bud and they won't be in a permanant place for another 4-5 weeks, so should i pinch the buds off ,now? leave them go, ? or wait till they are permanent to pinch them off? i'm going to re pot in a few days into a 6 inch pot, they are in a 3 1/2 inch now, ones a bush early girl and ones an old burpee early girl. thanks ----tom

[KarenO]

If you take the buds off a determinant plant you won't get any tomatoes. I would harden them off, pot them into big pots and put them outside to stay. They won't go another four weeks indoors. Bring them in at night if it's cold enough to freeze. At least the bush(determinate) one
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really!? lol didn't know that, the burpee one says it's a hybrid indeterminate, only problem is all my plants are going in rain gutter grow systems, because i'll be gone a lot and no one here to watch them, that's why I went with the system this year. wonder if I could put them in the buckets they are going to be in, and make up a short piece of rain gutter and put them in a wagon and wheel them in and out of the garage, if night temps are going to warm enough, then just pick them up and transfer them to the permanent rain gutters when I plant the rest. whatcha think? lol----tom they are the only 2 early girls I planted too, lol

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it's supposed to be in the 50's and 60's during the days for the next week plus,and the next 5 days are going to be 46-48 degs. at night. then in the 50's at night. think they would be ok out in the garage, for the remainder of the nights?

[MissS]

I think that they will be just fine. I have a few that I will be leaving outside all night now. Just remember to acclimate them slowly to the direct sun light and hour or two at a time.