When to Plant Tomatoes – Best Time to Start Tomatoes

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

We all want to get started early in the spring planting our tomatoes, but we need to know when to plant them. But it doesn't pay to start them at the wrong time. Too early and you end up with leggy transplants that won't get a good start. Too late and you will miss the prime growing season for tomatoes. Here is a look at the best time to plant your tomatoes.
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Starting Tomato Plants Indoors – Get the Jump On Tomato Gardening

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

You can always get the best selection and timing of when your tomato plants are available by starting your own tomato plants indoors, for example with an indoor greenhouse. Here's some tips on how to get your tomato plants started without those weak and spindly seedlings we all dread.
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Early Spring Tomatoes – Ideas for Growing Early Tomatoes

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

When spring is near we all want to get the jump on starting those new tomato plants in the hope that maybe this year we can get some tomatoes out of the garden earlier than normal.  However, all to often we are disappointed by the onset of a late frost or even a killing freeze.  Here are a few ideas on how to keep Jack Frost from stealing those early spring tomatoes away from us.

First, it's good to set aside a few plants just for the purpose of getting those early tomatoes.  Be sure you've chosen a variety that is not only a little more frost tolerant (there is a limit to how much cold any tomato can take before it is zapped by the cold) but just as importantly one that will set fruit in cold weather.  Check your seed catalog description to find the ones best suited for the cold.
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