Posted: 16/05/2013 at 01:56
As a general rule, plants grown indoors that are in a warm enviroment will grow quicker and become leggy. Ideally start them off in pots until they are around 3 inches in height then put them in a sheltered position outside. Being exposed to a cooler enviroment will slow their growth rate and harden them off. I start mine in 'rootrainer' trays until 2 inches high, then put them in a cold frame where they become stronger and used to the outside world. Once they are around 4 inches in height I then plany them up against a tent frame on the allotment and off they go. This works year in, year out.. so much so I have to fill shopping bags with excess and give them away every year. Thats just the crop from 10 plants. As you can imagine the neighbours love me 
