Starting up 18 varieties of tomatoes, after creating some more bed space for this year. It's so nice to sit down and take some time to start the seeds ๐ฑ
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Dumb question, but how are you transplanting these without harming the roots from a contiguous plot of soil like this?
I just pluck them out with a small spoon or a chopstick while they are still pretty small. It works well, I did this for some years already.
But if you wait too long the roots get bigger and tangled, so it's a bit more effort because I usually transplant early into a small pot and then repot them later into a bigger pot. I try to save space while growing from seed because our last potential frost date is mid may and there's not so much space on our south windowsills where I put all my seedlings. So it does get crowded with fennel, zucchini, peppers/chilis and the tomatoes.
As long as you get most of the roots, tomatoes won't really care. I start mine in red solo cups with holes in the bottom.
Yeah, individual spaces for seedlings makes sense. I just feel like I'd destroy them if trying to get them out of something like this, so was curious.
Seedlings are pretty resilient, as long as they get enough care post transplant life will be good.