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Posted by DeeSLP WV (My Page) on
Wed, Mar 27, 13 at 17:25

Hi there,

I'm trying to grow my tomato plants from seed for the first time this year. I bought some little plastic trays with lids that contained peat pellets and planted a seed in each one. I had about 2/3 of my seeds germinate and each sprout is now an inch to two inches. I'm thrilled. I now don't know what to do though. I've read and read online and have seen many different opinions. I'm wondering if I need to now repot them in flats. If so, what is the best potting soil to use? And, if I do that, do I tear off the meshing around the pellets? I hope I've done things correctly thus far. Anyone willing to help a very inexperienced, but willing seed gardener? Thanks a lot!

Dee

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Hi Dee - if you'll buzz over to the growing from Seed forum here you'll find answers to all your questions in the great FAQs there. Check out the one titled "What do I do now?" for starters.

Then you can join in the many discussions going on there now about how to grow from seed.

Dave

Here is a link that might be useful: Growing from Seed forum

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Thanks, Dave. Fingers crossed I get this done correctly! Thanks for your reply!

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