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when should I start tomato seeds, I live in zone 5??????
When should I start my tomato seed indoors, as I live in zone 5, omaha nebraksa????????
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You can look up on-line when your average last frost date is, if you aren't familiar with it. Plant your tomato seeds 8 weeks ahead of that date.
Here's a site where you can put your zip code in and it tells you average frost dates:
https://davesgarden.com/guides/freeze-frost-dates/
It is a nice one because it gives you the different probability dates
So the top data line says spring 32 deg. The headings across are 10% 20%, 30%.... 90%.
For me the 90% date is April 6. That means 90% of the time there will still be a freeze after that date. The 10% date is May 3. That means only 10% of the years will there be any frost after that date.
But those are based on over 100 years of historical data. In these global warming times, the probabilities are changing. I used to go by the 50% last frost date, but I'm moving towards 60% or more...
Here's a site where you can put your zip code in and it tells you average frost dates:
https://davesgarden.com/guides/freeze-frost-dates/
It is a nice one because it gives you the different probability dates
So the top data line says spring 32 deg. The headings across are 10% 20%, 30%.... 90%.
For me the 90% date is April 6. That means 90% of the time there will still be a freeze after that date. The 10% date is May 3. That means only 10% of the years will there be any frost after that date.
But those are based on over 100 years of historical data. In these global warming times, the probabilities are changing. I used to go by the 50% last frost date, but I'm moving towards 60% or more...
I am in zone 5 in Ohio, so there may be a correlation here for you, there may not. The tomatoes are raised in my greenhouse, so where yours are being grown will affect results .
Last year I started my Pato tomatoes on march 10and it was perfect for containers.
Seeds for Tomatoes to transplant into garden were sown on April 4; I know people who started theirs later.
You Could sPace out your planting over a few weeks and compare results.
And of course, there's that one variable over which we have no control..the weather.
Last year I started my Pato tomatoes on march 10and it was perfect for containers.
Seeds for Tomatoes to transplant into garden were sown on April 4; I know people who started theirs later.
You Could sPace out your planting over a few weeks and compare results.
And of course, there's that one variable over which we have no control..the weather.