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what is the best seed starting medium for tomato seeds?
what is the best seed starting medium for tomato seeds?
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Personally, I never bother with the paper towel/baggie thing. Seems like it is more trouble than it is worth. You have to monitor them carefully to know when they have sprouted and then you have to immediately transplant them into the potting mix. Why not just put them where they are going to be in the first place?
To me, the point of the baggie thing is as a viability test. If you want a quick way to know whether these seeds from three years ago are still any good, you can do that to test, see what your germination rate is. Save you from planting a bunch of "dead" seeds.
To me, the point of the baggie thing is as a viability test. If you want a quick way to know whether these seeds from three years ago are still any good, you can do that to test, see what your germination rate is. Save you from planting a bunch of "dead" seeds.
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Incidentally, they sell special "seed starting mix" that is very fine textured and is sterile/ nutrient free. Seeds do not need nutrients to germinate, they come packed with them naturally. However, if you plant in the seed starting mix, then as soon as the seedlings have true leaves, you will either have to transplant in to potting mix with fertilizer, or you will have to start fertilizing regularly.
I skip that and just plant in to regular potting mix. It is a little bit coarser textured, but that never seems to bother my seeds any. And then I don't have to transplant at that stage and the fertility is already there when the plant needs it.
I skip that and just plant in to regular potting mix. It is a little bit coarser textured, but that never seems to bother my seeds any. And then I don't have to transplant at that stage and the fertility is already there when the plant needs it.
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