Given the frosty conditions you are having in your part of the Country at the moment,I wouldn't think of planting them out for a while yet,Penny..They should be fine in your porch,which I presume is unheated? and no,I wouldn't feed them..just keep them ticking over ,and wait for better weather.. you may feel you need to repot at some point ,if they put on a lot of new growth before planting out...

Thanks. Bloomer. Yes. the porch is unheated and it's pretty chilly out there. I won't feed them yet, then.

I agree don't plant out really until late spring. if they show roots out the bottom of the pots then move them onto the next sized pot with fresh compost.

Thanks Seaburngirl, that tells me that I don't need to pot on just yet.

Hi, they will probably want to start flowering too, but I wouldn't let them, keep pinching out the flower buds to encourage a bushier plant, when the time comes for planting out, Derek.

Thanks Derek, I will steel myself!

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