Planting tomato seedlings
For a good start, raise the seedlings in a nursery for the first 3-4 weeks.
If you buy 1 month old seedlings you have saved a month’s work.
When you plant seeds only 70-80% survive to seedlings.If you buy 100 seedlings you will have 100 seedlings.
The seedlings are the same size so you get even growth. Follow these steps in setting up a good nursery:
Step 1
Buy seedlings from a good seedling raiser like Plant Raisers. They are grown for greenhouses, have good root growth and do not have pests or diseases.
Step 2
Plant seedlings 60 cm apart along driplines 30 cm apart. Plant in a zig zag.
Step 3
Plant seedlings next to the driplines so they can get water easily. It also stops water being wasted. Make sure the holes in the driplines face up. Stand the plants as upright as you can.
Step 4
Water the seedlings twice a day. Water in the early morning. Water again in the early afternoon. You do not want the soil to be wet at night. Add more water if it is hot.
