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Need advice for newly planted tomato seeds
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Hello,
I threw a load of tomato seeds into tow pots and now have a mass of green shoots.
I know they are meant to be thinned out, but they are still only a few cms in height.
Should I thin them out now?
Thank you!
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You prick them out when the two seed leaves are fully expanded. One plant to a 7 cm pot of compost. When the roots fill that pot, they can go in a larger pot. Hold the seedling by the seed leaf and not the stem. If you crush the stem it will die.
a good little video demonstrating here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPdKic3pohE
Last edited: 08 May 2017 18:56:02
Prick them out when they have one pair of proper leaves above the seed leaves
Here's more info http://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/grow-plants/how-to-prick-out-tomato-seedlings/
Hope that helps
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks, Dovefromabove!
Thanks too, fidgetbones!!
Before you do anything, decide how many plants you realistically need and take out the extras. Then proceed as above.
Thank you