Direct seeding tomato seeds is as good as planting transplants when a short growing season is not the issue. Here are comparisons of direct seeded vs transplanted tomatoes.
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0:00 Direct Seeded Tomato Plants vs Transplants Overview
1:20 Example 1 – Which Tomato Plant was Direct Seeded?
3:02 Example 2 – Slightly Behind an 8 Week Old Transplant
4:31 General Direct Seeding Plant for Tomato Plants
5:14 Example 3 – My Favorite & Most Impressive Example
5:52 The Direct Seeded Tomato is This One…
6:17 Roots! – Direct Seeded Plants Are Stronger Because…
8:32 Why Direct Seed Tomato Plants Catch Up to Transplants
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I bought a sizable start in a 1 gallon pot from my home center because I thought my seedlings would never catch up. My seedlings are now bigger than the one I bought.
If I start outside with a seed the tomato may put on a couple of blossoms before the 1st freeze. My cherry tomatoes seed themselves in the high tunnel before it stops freezing. Unfortunately the 45'*24' high tunnel is not big enough for tomatoes and peppers. Peppers need a longer season, so peppers and sweet potatoes get the high tunnel. I live in a zone 5, high desert, short season, Rocky Mountain valley that is now in a drought
I always get tomato plants volunteering out of my compost bins. This year I have 5 volunteer tomatillos growing throughout the backyard. Last yr I grew tomatillos but the garden was abandoned due to my broken ankle. I drop the dead plant in the ground and later moved it to the compost bins. Those seeds now germinated along the path where I dragged that dried up tomatillo plant 😅
Valuable information! Thanks!
I've just figured this out as well. I have a Sweet 100 transplant and a volunteer one next to it. The vigor with the volunteer is greater then the transplant. Thanks for your material and sincerity.
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I live in Washington County Maryland and I direct seed my cherry tomatoes
Freak weather this year in Washington State. We were still getting mid to upper 30's into June. Broccoli is happy, tomatoes and peppers not so much. They're just starting to go into overdrive now
Not sure direct seed would work in MN where you can't even transplant out until after Mother's day and average first frost is October 1
Very interesting
I could direct seed in NW PA but I like getting tomatoes a couple weeks sooner with transplants. I have 30-50 volunteers pop up yearly. Right now, half my transplants have green tomatoes while the volunteers are between 3 and 12 inches tall.
Volunteers from hybrid tomatoes can give you terible tomatoes. I learned that the hard way. Now I grow heirlooms
I think the seeds direct sowed catch up with the starter plants is cause starter plants(in my experience) go into shock for a couple weeks and direct sow skip that step.
I have an experiment going with direct sown. But I planted the seeds way later than i should have. I will not bother with indoor seed starting if this is successful.😊
Two added reasons – transplants have to acclimating to full sun or they will probably die. Also, they are hard to keep hydrated before transplanting.
My plants survived the first round of excessive heat by increasing water. Definitely have to incorporate a setup for shade cloth next year. Wish I had more room to clone all the suckers my tomato plants are putting out.
I'm in Hawaii and have to transplant mostly because the slugs love the sprouting plants. Even if I put down sluggo, they still find it. The slugs are annoying.
I'm confused are they both cherry tomatoe plants?
Great video, I’m in Southeast Michigan zone 6b. I have so many different volunteers growing from my compost/potting mix that I often think planting an entire raised bed by spreading my compost over the whole bed and thinning out what I don’t want.