Things You'll Need:
- tomato seeds
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Step 1
Find quality tomato seeds is the first step to planting your tomato garden. Make sure you find a proven supplier who you can trust. Try Urban Farmer Seeds, Burpee, or Park Seeds.
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Step 2
Choose the right variety for your spacing needs and taste requirements.
Best Taste Tomato - Beefsteak
Best Juicing Tomato - Big Beaf & Bradley
Best Sauce Tomato - Roma
Try as many varieties as possible to find the tomato you like best. -
Step 3
Garden seeds can be started indoors our outdoors. You will have better success starting indoors under controlled conditions. Using a seed starter will give you good soil, individual cells and easy access to care for each plant. Plant the tomato seeds about 1/8" deep in your soil. Place 2-3 seeds per cell and then thin to 1 healthy tomato plant once they reach 2 inches high. Once they sprout, make sure they receive 6-8 hours of direct sunlight.
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Step 4
When you tomato plants are 6-10" inches tall it is time to transplant your seeds in your home garden. Harden off by taking outside gradually and exposing to outside conditions. Plant into your garden soil so that only 2" inches of the 10" plant show. By burying so deep you will encourage deep root growth that has a sturdy base. Water generously the first couple weeks and add fertilizer.
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Step 5
Watch your tomato plants grow and begin to fruit within a couple months of transplant! Enjoy your garden tomatoes.
