I grew tomatoe plants from seed for the 1st time last year and was amazed how many plants I had... I was able to supply family and friends and still have plenty to sell to the local plant dealer.... what a great feeling....
Growing seedlings in a unheated greenhouse is fine, place seeds in good quality compost with fine covering. To speed up process either use plastic bag to cover of get a cheap propigator to protect from draughts until you have a couple of good strong leaves.
Thank you for the demo. I will try again now I've listened to your advice!
My first attempt at growing tomatoes from seed was disastrous - half a dozen tall thin strands which keeled over and died... Hope I do better with the second half of the seed packet!
My tomato seedlings are about 3cm tall and now in separate pots- will they be alright in an unheated greenhouse when the night forecast is near freezing outside? Same for my aubergines and cougettes- I dont want to lose them all.
I found growing tomatoes from seed much better than buying the seedlings. Learning some of the best ways to grow from seed can help you benefit. I found this article very usful when starting mine. How To Grow Tomatoes From Seed
I have grown tomatoes from garden centre stock before and have now decided to grow them from seed indoors in January. This is a very clear, instructive video. I have already prepared a mushroom punnet with seed compost and have watered it before transferring the seeds. Can't wait to see the results. It is refreshing to have a video in 'proper' English rather than for the American market! More like this please Joe!
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Growing seedlings in a unheated greenhouse is fine, place seeds in good quality compost with fine covering. To speed up process either use plastic bag to cover of get a cheap propigator to protect from draughts until you have a couple of good strong leaves.
My first attempt at growing tomatoes from seed was disastrous - half a dozen tall thin strands which keeled over and died... Hope I do better with the second half of the seed packet!
Can anyone give me some advice?
My tomato seedlings are about 3cm tall and now in separate pots- will they be alright in an unheated greenhouse when the night forecast is near freezing outside? Same for my aubergines and cougettes- I dont want to lose them all.
I found growing tomatoes from seed much better than buying the seedlings. Learning some of the best ways to grow from seed can help you benefit. I found this article very usful when starting mine.
How To Grow Tomatoes From Seed
I coulnt see a link there on that mushrom growing link Edd.
Should we start a new thread on the subject as this one's about tomatoes.