Growing tomatoes from seed v1

Heritage Brandywine, Cherokee Purple; Hybrid Chocolate

Sprinkles grape, Ultra Boy II and Better Boy Indeterminate

It's seeding time: Between April 1st to 15th most backyard gardeners seed their tomatoes. If you are a novice, this post is for you! Ordering your seeds online from a reputable seed supplier in January is ideal because they offer so many varieties. Otherwise, stop by the Home Depot or your garden centre and check their selections. Construct some wood boxes using plywood and pine (scrubbed and cleaned each year to avoid diseases) or purchase gardening containers for this purpose. Use fresh Miracle-Gro Premium Potting Mix dampened with hot water to warm it up. Mix well and fill your containers. Don't forget to mark the containers with plastic markers to identify the varieties. Once you have distributed the seeds, cover them lightly with soil and press down gently. Then using a spray bottle filled with warm water, spray the top of the soil. Now to find a warm room or window! A temperature of 21ºC/70ºF to 27ºC/80ºF is required to germinate the seeds in 5-10 days. To help preserve the moisture I cover the trays with 1 layer of newspaper. Check them daily and make sure your cat does not walk on the newspaper! Once the seedlings emerges, remove the newspaper and put them near a bright window or under fluorescent lights before they get too leggy. Under fluorescent lights in my basement, I reduce the temperature to 15ºC/60ºF to 20ºC/68ºF to check their growth. The first set of leaves are called seed leaves and the following are true leaves. When the true leaves start to grow you can re-pot them to larger containers filled with Miracle-Gro Potting Mix. Seed on, my friend.