How to Grow Tomatoes From Seeds
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Grow your own tomato's from seeds successfully! Step by step instructions, list of things you need to plant tomato seeds, when to start your seeds, plus watch our featured video: Step by Step: Growing Tomatoes From Seeds and get our free fried green tomatoes recipe.
What you will need to Give Your Tomato Seeds a Good Start
- Seed pots or seed tray
- Soil Starting Mix
- Fertilizer
- Water
- Stakes for support or tomato growing cage
- Grow lights or well lighted window
When to Start Your Tomato Plants
Sow seeds indoors in seed pots or trays about six weeks before your last frost date.
How to Plant Tomato Seeds
You can start your seeds in seed pots or in a seed tray. Use a good soil mixture. Fill pots 1/2 full of soil. Place 2 or 3 seeds in each seed pot. Keep soil moist but not soaked. After seedling have 2 or 3 leaves, use fertilizer to help them grow. When the plant reaches 4 to 6 inches in height and all danger of frost is gone it is time to plant your seeds. Dig a trench about 8 inches deep. Plant part of the stem under the soil. Place plants at least 12-20 inches apart. Put growing cage over the plant with the plant in the center of the cage so they can climb up it as they grow or you can use stakes and string (this will prevent your tomatoes from growing on the ground where they will rot easily or are more prone to insects. Keep your plants watered and fertilized and you will have beautiful tomatoes in approx. two months.
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