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Potting your seedlings
After a month, when the first “true” leaves have appeared on your seedlings, it’s time to transfer them to larger pots, where they have room to properly grow. Create a layer of soil (an inch thick) on the bottom of your new pots. Gently lift your seedlings by their leaves, and place each one in its new pot. Fill the pot with soil, covering most of your seedling’s stem. Only the leaves should be above the soil line. Water the seedlings regularly, and keep out of bright sunlight for a day of two. After those two days, pop them back into full light.
Repotting top tips
- Water your seedlings before repotting them. This helps the moist soil cling to the roots, protecting them from damage.
- Don’t lift your seedling by their stem. The stems are still fragile at this stage, so easily break.
- A clean milk carton would work perfectly as pot.
- You could use a bamboo pole to support your seedlings. Gently tie your young tomato plant to the pole using thread.
- You can plant more than one seedling in a pot – just make sure it’s a larger pot, and keep the plants about 3 inches apart from one another
Growing outside
Tomatoes are ready for moving into the garden when the seedlings are 3 to 4 inches tall. Around 2 weeks following the last frost date of your area, transfer your seedlings outside.
Growing outside top tips
- Before moving your tomato plants outdoors, try to repot your seedlings 2-3 times. This helps them develop a strong root system and a good chance of successfully growing outdoors.
- Before moving the plants permanently outside they need to toughen up first. Therefore, place them in the sun for a couple of hours a day, gradually increasing the time every day until they're in full sun all day. If it is not done slowly you might find your tomato plant stops growing whilst it adjusts to its new environment.
- Your tomato plants can be planted outdoors either in the ground or in a large pot.
We’d love to see how you are getting on with your tomato growing, make sure you post your photos on the Heinz Tomato Ketchup Facebook timeline! In return, you will have a chance of winning unique Heinz Tomato Ketchup gardening items.
Harvest your tomato plants >>>
Grow your Heinz tomatoes
Potting your seedlings
After a month, when the first “true” leaves have appeared on your seedlings, it’s time to transfer them to larger pots, where they have room to properly grow. Create a layer of soil (an inch thick) on the bottom of your new pots. Gently lift your seedlings by their leaves, and place each one in its new pot. Fill the pot with soil, covering most of your seedling’s stem. Only the leaves should be above the soil line. Water the seedlings regularly, and keep out of bright sunlight for a day of two. After those two days, pop them back into full light.
Repotting top tips
- Water your seedlings before repotting them. This helps the moist soil cling to the roots, protecting them from damage.
- Don’t lift your seedling by their stem. The stems are still fragile at this stage, so easily break.
- A clean milk carton would work perfectly as pot.
- You could use a bamboo pole to support your seedlings. Gently tie your young tomato plant to the pole using thread.
- You can plant more than one seedling in a pot – just make sure it’s a larger pot, and keep the plants about 3 inches apart from one another
Growing outside
Tomatoes are ready for moving into the garden when the seedlings are 3 to 4 inches tall. Around 2 weeks following the last frost date of your area, transfer your seedlings outside.
Growing outside top tips
- Before moving your tomato plants outdoors, try to repot your seedlings 2-3 times. This helps them develop a strong root system and a good chance of successfully growing outdoors.
- Before moving the plants permanently outside they need to toughen up first. Therefore, place them in the sun for a couple of hours a day, gradually increasing the time every day until they're in full sun all day. If it is not done slowly you might find your tomato plant stops growing whilst it adjusts to its new environment.
- Your tomato plants can be planted outdoors either in the ground or in a large pot.
We’d love to see how you are getting on with your tomato growing, make sure you post your photos on the Heinz Tomato Ketchup Facebook timeline! In return, you will have a chance of winning unique Heinz Tomato Ketchup gardening items.