Monday, February 6, 2012

1st Round of Tomato Seed Plantings

Hurray!  It's finally time to plant those tomato seeds!

I got a tip from one of my coworkers today.  He said that he was planting his tomato seeds today in some disposable cups.  I didn't have time to go to a different store other than Home Depot today, so I got the biodegradable 2 1/4" cups.  They were $1.99 for a pack of 26 cups.  That's not too bad and it seems like its better for the environment anyway, so I bought them.  I also had some Jiffy peat moss expandable seed pod thingies.  I'm not sure what they're called.  I used them before and they work okay.  I just wanted to use them up.  I don't think they work any better than regular potting soil.

I planted some Super Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes, Jellybean cherry tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, Yellow Jubilee tomatoes, Early Girl tomatoes, Purple Tomatillos, and Large Red Cherry tomatoes.  I will let these grow under the indoor grow-bulb.  My coworker will be growing his under a warm south facing window.


I bought a TON of seeds.... so I will probably start the 2nd round of seed plantings next week.  I'll see how these ones do before I go on a planting spree.