Planting Tomato Seeds
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Tomato seedlings started in February in pot of soil in a southern exposure window. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
“…I’m going to start gardening this year planting tomato seeds. How hard are tomatoes to grow?” — Nancy
Planting Tomato Seeds
Oh, my, Nancy, SO easy you should get started as soon as you’re ready.
Actually I get started even if I’m not ready. If I have a pot of soil, I will get a start on tomatoes. The ones in the photo were from a cherry-size tomato that grew inside through winter. Since I liked the plant size I popped it into the soil and kept it watered. Within days, new starts were coming up.
The ones in the top pot were about 3 weeks old. They have been growing in a southern exposure window.
Almost six weeks later and those tomato seedlings are ready to move. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
Now maybe 6 weeks later, they are nicely established and need to move to individual planting containers. I made some out of toilet paper rolls.
And just to show you how easy this is, I started another little glob of tomato seedlings.
Tiny tomato seedlings will provide a second crop of tomato plants. (Photo by Charlotte Ekker Wiggins)
The tiny starts in that one spot were from a tomato I snuck under the soil. I should now separate them so they will have more room to grow.
Once temperatures are steadily over 60F, I will take them outside for a few hours to get them used to the outdoors. After may 10, our last hard frost date, they should be ready to grow in pots on my deck and in my garden.
Easy enough?
