Now on thew other hand, if you raise your seedlings the right way, with a little tough love. you let them dry out almost completely between waterings, and you only give them a couple tiny sips of fertilizer so they stay green and don't get too big for their britches. Wehn you plant them in the ground, the roots are already at a good ratio to the top growth, and they are going to go right out and look for more water and nutrients since you have been holding back on them. Now the top starts really taking off only after a day or two, and the plant grows in balance and give you a strong healthy plant with proper watering and care. Again, letting it get dry between waterings so the roots keep growing and getting bigger and bigger and deeper and deeper. And unless your soil is complete sand, you really should only need to give them a light fertilizer boost sometime within the first week after planting them out. After that, let them do what plants do and go find their own nutrients. If you are mulching with compost and organic mulch like grass and leaves, your soil should be pretty good at providing them what they need.

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Dave

My apologies if your comment was directed at the OP, but even in his case, under almost any circumstances, sungold should have tomatoes on the vine before Brandywine.