Yep the deeper you plant a tomato the better. Establishing a sturdy root system to support the plant is important. By planting them deep in the soil will allow the plant to naturally do this on its own. Each little fuzzy hair on the bottom of the stem will spread out and give the support needed for each plant to withstand some of the harshest conditions. You on point 🎯 👍
Definitely. Especially the determinate vine tomatoes...get 3/4 of that stem underground early and that plant will grow astonishingly fast!! Cheers buddy.
I just bought a 2' LED grow light from Amazon and am looking forward to growing from seed. Still to cold in San Diego to plant. I planted an alfalfa cover crop in our raised beds, dumped compost on top and put a tarp over everything for the winter. This will be a no till experiment. I'm brewing Boogie Brew compost tea this year with filtered water to compliment the no till soil further. Only time will tell. Thank you!!
We'll get her all set up man. Send me pics of the space in the Facebook Groups (Growing, Better or Grow Something To Eat), and one of the many will have idea out the ying yang.
Buy seeds now. Mainstream media show Walmart in Vermont saying they are non essential items and can't sell in store anymore there....that could spread soon. They will still allow non essential stuff bought online for delivery/pick up but deliveries might be delayed now and I had trouble with my order because they said no time slots to pick up for four days and to come back later. So get them now.
@@ConspiracySmurf Deliveries of seeds....even from the commercial seed houses is extremely delayed as well...and some of them aren't even allowing retail customers to purchase... 😰😰😰
If you're just starting out gardening in 2020, this inexpensive set of tools from Amazon can get you and your Tomatoes up and running this spring! I know there is a fevered and renewed interest in gardening and many of you are seasoned vets. But remember that there's a whole population out there that hasn't gardened before. Let's help them out and encourage as much as possible! Affiliate links below: Amazon USA: amzn.to/2xXLfbG Amazon Canada: amzn.to/3aoN1AN Amazon U.K.: amzn.to/2XrQA5A The 10x20 nursery trays are a gardener's NECESSITY. Use the Amazon Afilliate links below to find the right ones! Amazon USA: amzn.to/2JFB4uM Amazon Canada: amzn.to/2wQCeBd Amazon U.K.: amzn.to/2xepyEi
Do I need to wait until I have true leaves before I transplant to bigger containers like the ones in this vid? And should I wait to fertilize until I have true leaves. Right now their just in potting soil and are up about two and half inches. True leaves barely forming.
Fantastic video! I harvested my tomato seeds from a tomato I had in my salad at work, and now I have sprouts, now I know that I can transplant with ease!
I'm lucky to stumble across you today. I'm in NYC and last year was the strangest grow year outdoors as everything was late 😥. This off season I have a greenhouse at my disposal and will follow you.... Subscribed!
Right on, thanks man...glad to have you aboard! Yeah, having that greenhouse, even if its to give us an extra 6 weeks at the beginning of spring to get that warm-weather stuff ahead of schedule is huge. It can be the difference between no harvest and maximum harvest, because you just don't know when fall can creep up and cold late summer nights wreck havoc on fruit like tomatoes and peppers and cukes and stuff. Happy growing man, thanks for the support!🌱🍓🍈🌶🍆
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms We really do appreciate what you pros are doing. After going to walmart and finding bare shelves I decided to buy seeds with no other plan so I hit youtube and I'm learning so much. Thank you for taking the time to share your skills!
@@ConspiracySmurf Right on! Glad to have you aboard! Ask LOTS of questions and try everything....nothing is as hard as it seems, but everything, even the smallest crop takes practice and experience. Happy growing!
There you go again Haha yeah you are reading my mind again 👍🎯 you know what living in the time we are living in now, us garden geeks will be a much needed answer to someone's prayer. Hopefully it can remain civil and each person can have a full tummy if the need arises to feed our neighbors. I personally feel happy to share in the harvest of th fruits of my labor. It's rewarding to plant grow and harvest and share to myself it's part of it and wonderful if I can help others in any way. If I can help I always will help any way I can. Your a huge help by posting videos because most people have forgotten and lack the skills to grow herbs vegetables and fruit to feed themselves. I think because convenience over the years has taken over it did more harm than good. So helping others by showing and education is awesome. Keep up the good work 💪 who knows what the future holds it may need us more than we realize in the near future. Thank you ♥️
No question there! I loved that T shirt that said something like " In your lifetime, you'll need a lawyer and a doctor only a couple of times....but you need a farmer up to 3 times a DAY!" Ha ha!
Hey right on Victor, thanks so much for watching! If its warm enough in your area, you can move on to Part 3!: ruclips.net/video/my4G0wgmeJc/видео.html
If you let your soil dry out, you can take the plug and rub it between your hands. This will loosen the dry soil and make it easier to separate the plants.
Hi Jeff, when do you remove the domes on tomato seedlings and put them under the grow lights? Do you wait till the first true leaves start to appear? My seedlings started to get too leggy but still no true leaves, so was I right to removed the dome today? Sorry one more question. How close should I have my LED lights to the top of my seedlings ? And how long do i keep them on heat mats?Some say 4 inches some say 6 to 8 inches, sorry to have so many questions
Great video Jeff! I did mostly bunch seeding this year and it wasn't bad at all to separate them. I'll definitely do the same in the future Have you ever transplanted the stem horizontally when you move to the garden? I tried that last year and it worked pretty well! They generated huge root systems
Right on Dave. Really, when doing hundreds of each variety, its the only way to go! I definitely try to plant sideways for the vine growers....get as much of that stem underground as possible...dannnngggg they just grow soooo fast after that! Cheers buddy!
Hi, I have 2 questions. 1. Do you put the seedlings in the 4" pots back under lights till you can put them outside? 2. I am growing tomatoes in grow bags, so would still recommend putting them in the 4" pots and then transferring to the grow bag later or should I skip the 4" pot and just put them in a container-----but then they would not fit under lights?
You definitely can. You just have to be careful when you do it as plants grown in artificial conditions can get sun burned as well as wind burned when placed outside. They must be, what we call, "hardened off" before being able to go outside full time or for extended periods. I have a video coming out this week explaining the process.
Remember that those 4" nursery pots are not really 4". They are exactly 3 3/8" wide. That's how they can fit 3x6 (18) into the 10x20 nursery trays. Just like dimensional lumber, no one knows why the industry uses these sizes, LOL!
Hey Mark, most definitely not. That will rot and kill the young plants. I water the tray ONCE to have the soil soak it up. After that, I may water it once every 2 weeks, nothing more. They don't dry out that fast at this stage. :-)
hey jeff i have a question,does the soil matters?do we need to use diffrent type of soil on a specific plant? im thinking about onions here,Thank you !!!
Hey Beardy, yeah, soil is everything man. Seeds definitely should have a seedling mix and transplanting young plants should have a light potting mix. Onions, tomatoes... Everything.... All plants grow best in the soils that they are built for.
HELP ME PLEASE! I bought a large tomato plant with 3 tomatoes on it. Within a week I thought I killed it, I had it inside near my dryer. Maybe too hot? Maybe too cold. All the leaves dried up. Moved it outside, I'm in East Texas. It's mild forty to eighty degrees lately. The stems are still alive and standing up, the fruit seems to be slightly growing. I plucked off all the dead leaves. I see two very tiny leaves so I'm hopeful it will get better and keep going. It came in large pot with cage attached. I'm pretty sure I over watered it day one. What should I do, is there any hope?
Gotta wait it out and see. "Doing" more stuff to it can do more harm than good. See if those new shoots start growing and if so, repotting it might be in order.
My baby tomato plants have a problem. The tips of the leaves are turning white and the bottom leaves are not a healthy green. Very hard, mineralised water here. Could that be the problem? 🤔
You talk about sowing seeds in the winter, but what month are you planting the seeds, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb or Mar? This is all considered winter where I live in England.
Ted Scott, usually, you'd want to start seeds 6 to 8 weeks before the last day of frost. I'm in colder climate than you. I start mine at the beginning of April and plant them at the very end of May (almost 2 months under the grow lights, give or take one week for gradual hardening off outside). You could do the same :-)
Great question Pam. I thin them when I move them along to larger pots... When they at least have 3-4 new true leaves. But there's tons of time.. I move them along over the course of a month, so don't stress that part. Peppers and tomatoes are the only ones I multi seed like that.
tomatoes also can grow roots from the stem if the roots system are totally damaged. need to place them in shade few days. not a 100% success, more like 50-50.
Hey Lisa! Depending on how far south you live, you could still germinate seeds now and grow starters hard for the next 4 weeks and then transplant,....no problem. If you're north, like me, you'll have to resort to buying starters as the time for seedling growth has past. All the best!
Why plant multiple in the cell just to kill them off when they are not so big??? Yes seeds are cheap doesn't mean we or you will.always have money to purchase them???? Just saying....
Yep the deeper you plant a tomato the better. Establishing a sturdy root system to support the plant is important. By planting them deep in the soil will allow the plant to naturally do this on its own. Each little fuzzy hair on the bottom of the stem will spread out and give the support needed for each plant to withstand some of the harshest conditions. You on point 🎯 👍
Definitely. Especially the determinate vine tomatoes...get 3/4 of that stem underground early and that plant will grow astonishingly fast!! Cheers buddy.
I just bought a 2' LED grow light from Amazon and am looking forward to growing from seed. Still to cold in San Diego to plant. I planted an alfalfa cover crop in our raised beds, dumped compost on top and put a tarp over everything for the winter. This will be a no till experiment. I'm brewing Boogie Brew compost tea this year with filtered water to compliment the no till soil further. Only time will tell. Thank you!!
tomatoes ate my favourite to grow! I just love love love them!
This channel is awesome. Dude has such a cool vibe. Love his passion. And great advice!
Thanks so much, it's really appreciated!!
Thank you for good advice ❤️ I love ppl who love gardening 🥰🤗😍
Nice! Gonna send these vids to the wife! All of a sudden growing our own veggies seems like a smart idea...
Great vid!
We'll get her all set up man. Send me pics of the space in the Facebook Groups (Growing, Better or Grow Something To Eat), and one of the many will have idea out the ying yang.
Buy seeds now. Mainstream media show Walmart in Vermont saying they are non essential items and can't sell in store anymore there....that could spread soon. They will still allow non essential stuff bought online for delivery/pick up but deliveries might be delayed now and I had trouble with my order because they said no time slots to pick up for four days and to come back later. So get them now.
@@ConspiracySmurf Deliveries of seeds....even from the commercial seed houses is extremely delayed as well...and some of them aren't even allowing retail customers to purchase... 😰😰😰
If you're just starting out gardening in 2020, this inexpensive set of tools from Amazon can get you and your Tomatoes up and running this spring! I know there is a fevered and renewed interest in gardening and many of you are seasoned vets. But remember that there's a whole population out there that hasn't gardened before. Let's help them out and encourage as much as possible! Affiliate links below:
Amazon USA: amzn.to/2xXLfbG
Amazon Canada: amzn.to/3aoN1AN
Amazon U.K.: amzn.to/2XrQA5A
The 10x20 nursery trays are a gardener's NECESSITY. Use the Amazon Afilliate links below to find the right ones!
Amazon USA: amzn.to/2JFB4uM
Amazon Canada: amzn.to/2wQCeBd
Amazon U.K.: amzn.to/2xepyEi
Thanks keep up the good work :)
@@kushalchaudhari1821 thanks for watching! Really appreciate it!
Do I need to wait until I have true leaves before I transplant to bigger containers like the ones in this vid? And should I wait to fertilize until I have true leaves. Right now their just in potting soil and are up about two and half inches. True leaves barely forming.
very straightforward informative vid. this what im always looking
Cheers, appreciate that! :-)
Fantastic video! I harvested my tomato seeds from a tomato I had in my salad at work, and now I have sprouts, now I know that I can transplant with ease!
Right on, best of luck!
I love your grain scoop.
love how detailed you explain the process. beginner here
Hugely helpful cheers
Thanks for watching Clarice! :-)
I'm lucky to stumble across you today. I'm in NYC and last year was the strangest grow year outdoors as everything was late 😥. This off season I have a greenhouse at my disposal and will follow you.... Subscribed!
Right on, thanks man...glad to have you aboard! Yeah, having that greenhouse, even if its to give us an extra 6 weeks at the beginning of spring to get that warm-weather stuff ahead of schedule is huge. It can be the difference between no harvest and maximum harvest, because you just don't know when fall can creep up and cold late summer nights wreck havoc on fruit like tomatoes and peppers and cukes and stuff. Happy growing man, thanks for the support!🌱🍓🍈🌶🍆
Truly enjoyed this. Thank you
Cheers Amanda! :-)
It's very cool what you are doing. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you very much. When I get old and senile, I can refer back to these videos so I can remember all my tips and tricks! LOL
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms We really do appreciate what you pros are doing. After going to walmart and finding bare shelves I decided to buy seeds with no other plan so I hit youtube and I'm learning so much. Thank you for taking the time to share your skills!
@@ConspiracySmurf Right on! Glad to have you aboard! Ask LOTS of questions and try everything....nothing is as hard as it seems, but everything, even the smallest crop takes practice and experience. Happy growing!
You guys you tell it all
Great video!!!
There you go again Haha yeah you are reading my mind again 👍🎯 you know what living in the time we are living in now, us garden geeks will be a much needed answer to someone's prayer. Hopefully it can remain civil and each person can have a full tummy if the need arises to feed our neighbors. I personally feel happy to share in the harvest of th fruits of my labor. It's rewarding to plant grow and harvest and share to myself it's part of it and wonderful if I can help others in any way. If I can help I always will help any way I can. Your a huge help by posting videos because most people have forgotten and lack the skills to grow herbs vegetables and fruit to feed themselves. I think because convenience over the years has taken over it did more harm than good. So helping others by showing and education is awesome. Keep up the good work 💪 who knows what the future holds it may need us more than we realize in the near future. Thank you ♥️
No question there! I loved that T shirt that said something like " In your lifetime, you'll need a lawyer and a doctor only a couple of times....but you need a farmer up to 3 times a DAY!" Ha ha!
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms 😁 exactly
Give a man a fish feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him the rest of his life.
@@shineyrocks390 Exactly!!
During WW11 everyone who had a patch of dirt or a balcony grew victory gardens. Now it's pesticide (petro based) free organic gardens
Tent pegs are a great tool for getting seedlings out of small pots.
Great video! Thanks!
I really enjoyed watching this video. It’s great teaching!
Hey right on Victor, thanks so much for watching! If its warm enough in your area, you can move on to Part 3!: ruclips.net/video/my4G0wgmeJc/видео.html
Running out of garden space for any more tomatoes? Think about trying them in pots and containers!: ruclips.net/video/aW8S1aiTpNc/видео.html
Great video today 🦇👍🌻🐓
Thanks Bill, appreciate the support as always buddy!
Gary V of the plant 🌱 world???? I can’t be the only one 🤔
If you let your soil dry out, you can take the plug and rub it between your hands. This will loosen the dry soil and make it easier to separate the plants.
Sweet corn also has adventitious roots
I transplanted my corn and I removed it from the soil and I saw some roots coming out from the stems
Hi Jeff, when do you remove the domes on tomato seedlings and put them under the grow lights? Do you wait till the first true leaves start to appear? My seedlings started to get too leggy but still no true leaves, so was I right to removed the dome today? Sorry one more question. How close should I have my LED lights to the top of my seedlings ? And how long do i keep them on heat mats?Some say 4 inches some say 6 to 8 inches, sorry to have so many questions
Great video Jeff! I did mostly bunch seeding this year and it wasn't bad at all to separate them. I'll definitely do the same in the future
Have you ever transplanted the stem horizontally when you move to the garden? I tried that last year and it worked pretty well! They generated huge root systems
Right on Dave. Really, when doing hundreds of each variety, its the only way to go! I definitely try to plant sideways for the vine growers....get as much of that stem underground as possible...dannnngggg they just grow soooo fast after that! Cheers buddy!
So do you need to have the true leaves on first before you transplant ,great video
Definitely Val...at least 2 sets. :-)
Hi, I have 2 questions. 1. Do you put the seedlings in the 4" pots back under lights till you can put them outside? 2. I am growing tomatoes in grow bags, so would still recommend putting them in the 4" pots and then transferring to the grow bag later or should I skip the 4" pot and just put them in a container-----but then they would not fit under lights?
If I’ve overwatered my tomato seedlings and turned the leaves a bit yellow, should I just start over or can they be recovered?
They can definitely be recovered.... Dry them out a bit, wait a week, the hit them with some mild nutrients....
Great tips! Do you fertilize the seedlings at this point? If so, what type of fertilizer do you use? Thanks!
Thanks! I try to fertilize when 2-3 sets of true leaves appear. I cover it all here: ruclips.net/video/FCgr56qM1zA/видео.html
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Awesome! Great content! Love the 2 minute garden quickies! 😊
Great video! Appreciate it. Can you transplant young tomato seedlings straight into the garden instead of moving to a larger pot?
Can you switch between LED to normal sun when you want or is the tomato, carolina reaper, othere hot peppers, ect.. gone die??
You definitely can. You just have to be careful when you do it as plants grown in artificial conditions can get sun burned as well as wind burned when placed outside. They must be, what we call, "hardened off" before being able to go outside full time or for extended periods. I have a video coming out this week explaining the process.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thank you
Remember that those 4" nursery pots are not really 4". They are exactly 3 3/8" wide. That's how they can fit 3x6 (18) into the 10x20 nursery trays. Just like dimensional lumber, no one knows why the industry uses these sizes, LOL!
This is why my mom pulls out a measuring tape anytime we talk pot sizes lol
Yep. I own a 1957 house with all heart redwood of true dimensions. The craftmanship even in these old homes was fantastic.
When you transplant to the 4" pots do you keep a constant water level in the tray for the next three weeks?
Hey Mark, most definitely not. That will rot and kill the young plants. I water the tray ONCE to have the soil soak it up. After that, I may water it once every 2 weeks, nothing more. They don't dry out that fast at this stage. :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms Thank you! That's what I was needing to know before I kill off the rest of the crop.
@@karenries8960 cheers karen! You got this!
Hi there, came across your video today, where can I see part 1 of growing tomatoes please.
hey jeff i have a question,does the soil matters?do we need to use diffrent type of soil on a specific plant? im thinking about onions here,Thank you !!!
Hey Beardy, yeah, soil is everything man. Seeds definitely should have a seedling mix and transplanting young plants should have a light potting mix. Onions, tomatoes... Everything.... All plants grow best in the soils that they are built for.
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms thanks so much!
Gary vee vibes
Must’ve watched this 42 times.
Ha ha oh no Jeremy...was it that confusing? ;)
HELP ME PLEASE! I bought a large tomato plant with 3 tomatoes on it. Within a week I thought I killed it, I had it inside near my dryer. Maybe too hot? Maybe too cold. All the leaves dried up. Moved it outside, I'm in East Texas. It's mild forty to eighty degrees lately. The stems are still alive and standing up, the fruit seems to be slightly growing. I plucked off all the dead leaves. I see two very tiny leaves so I'm hopeful it will get better and keep going. It came in large pot with cage attached. I'm pretty sure I over watered it day one. What should I do, is there any hope?
Gotta wait it out and see. "Doing" more stuff to it can do more harm than good. See if those new shoots start growing and if so, repotting it might be in order.
My baby tomato plants have a problem. The tips of the leaves are turning white and the bottom leaves are not a healthy green.
Very hard, mineralised water here. Could that be the problem? 🤔
You talk about sowing seeds in the winter, but what month are you planting the seeds, Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb or Mar? This is all considered winter where I live in England.
Ted Scott, usually, you'd want to start seeds 6 to 8 weeks before the last day of frost. I'm in colder climate than you. I start mine at the beginning of April and plant them at the very end of May (almost 2 months under the grow lights, give or take one week for gradual hardening off outside). You could do the same :-)
How do you know when to thin the seedlings? What other veggies can you do the multiple seed method with?
Great question Pam. I thin them when I move them along to larger pots... When they at least have 3-4 new true leaves. But there's tons of time.. I move them along over the course of a month, so don't stress that part. Peppers and tomatoes are the only ones I multi seed like that.
My beef steak tomatoes are splitting on the top when ripening. I'm growing in a raised garden. Any suggestions about how to prevent this?
Might be lack of inconsistent watering. I'm filtering our tap water this year with an inline filter to remove chlorine and chloramine.
I don't have a large screwdriver so I'm screwed.
Yep, pretty much.
tomatoes also can grow roots from the stem if the roots system are totally damaged. need to place them in shade few days. not a 100% success, more like 50-50.
Yup adventitious roots are the best!
When I transplanted mine, a lot of them died. I think I gave them too much water.
Sorry to hear that karen! Definitely don't overwater tomatoes when they are young!
Wait what?! No way those are 2 weeks old
Heat, moisture, and light! :-)
@@TheRipeTomatoFarms well that's impressive. Maybe I need to ferment some fresh seed from my heirlooms that I've had for 11 years
What happens if you want to plant cherry tomatoes now
Hey Lisa! Depending on how far south you live, you could still germinate seeds now and grow starters hard for the next 4 weeks and then transplant,....no problem. If you're north, like me, you'll have to resort to buying starters as the time for seedling growth has past. All the best!
Why plant multiple in the cell just to kill them off when they are not so big??? Yes seeds are cheap doesn't mean we or you will.always have money to purchase them???? Just saying....
tomatoes ate my favourite to grow! I just love love love them!