How to Grow Tomatoes from Seed
For anyone looking to start their tomatoes from seed you need to be planning your sowing time to be around 6 weeks before you want to plant them out. Ideally when you get your plants to a point where they need to be put in their final position for fruiting you will have seen the last of the frosts and the temperature during the time the seeds will be germinating will be in the range of 15ºC to 25ºC (60ºF to 77ºF) which for most people will mean either keeping them indoors or at least in a heated greenhouse.
The best way to get your seeds started is in a multi-cell seed tray containing a good quality potting compost. All you need to do is fill the cells with the potting compost and then dampen slightly with a watering can using a fine rose head. When that is done drop 2 or 3 seeds into each cell and then push the seed into the compost with a pencil or similar to a depth of around an 1/8″ to a 1/4″.
