How long should I wait to separate them? These are little Bing dwarf tomatoes
How long should I wait to separate them? These are little Bing dwarf tomatoes
by No-Collection6216
9 Comments
LunarGiantNeil
I would not have recommended starting them this way. How many plants do you want to end up with?
uhren_fan
Future reference, use an old egg container to start seedlings if you don’t buy the little plastic thingies
chef71
The sooner the better. those tap roots grow quick.
Artistic_Head_5547
Search YouTube for the dense planting method. Use a dowel to help pluck each seedling out. You’ll lose some, but many will survive. You’re going to go through a lot of soil, and in my experience, it’s not worth the effort. I wound up giving away a ton.
Ceepeenc
Id separate them now.
Krickett72
Don’t let people scare you. This is what it looks like when I do winter sowing. I try to spread them out more but pretty much the same. So when they get at least 2 true leaves is when I move them to a bigger pot. At least 5 gallons if they are cherry. They might get a little droopy right after transplant but that happens.
page_of_fire
Next time put them in an egg carton with 2 or 3 seeds per spot. Then as they grow bigger you just pull the smaller ones out till you have 1 plant per spot and you can transplant that whole little chunk of dirt to the next pot when they are getting too big for the egg carton.
onebreath752
I would split them out asap as their roots will start getting linked together. They will survive a transplant I just use tweezers ro gently pull them out and replant them in their own soil. I would agree with others this isn’t the optimum seedling starting process.
chantillylace9
Separate when they get their second set of leaves.
Google the double red solo cup method, it works so well and you only have to water once a week or so if you do it that way.
You take two solo cups and put some rocks or something in between them and poke some holes in the top cup and put your plant there and then put water in the bottom cup and it will water itself from below. I had such a high success using this method.
9 Comments
I would not have recommended starting them this way. How many plants do you want to end up with?
Future reference, use an old egg container to start seedlings if you don’t buy the little plastic thingies
The sooner the better. those tap roots grow quick.
Search YouTube for the dense planting method. Use a dowel to help pluck each seedling out. You’ll lose some, but many will survive. You’re going to go through a lot of soil, and in my experience, it’s not worth the effort. I wound up giving away a ton.
Id separate them now.
Don’t let people scare you. This is what it looks like when I do winter sowing. I try to spread them out more but pretty much the same. So when they get at least 2 true leaves is when I move them to a bigger pot. At least 5 gallons if they are cherry. They might get a little droopy right after transplant but that happens.
Next time put them in an egg carton with 2 or 3 seeds per spot. Then as they grow bigger you just pull the smaller ones out till you have 1 plant per spot and you can transplant that whole little chunk of dirt to the next pot when they are getting too big for the egg carton.
I would split them out asap as their roots will start getting linked together. They will survive a transplant I just use tweezers ro gently pull them out and replant them in their own soil. I would agree with others this isn’t the optimum seedling starting process.
Separate when they get their second set of leaves.
Google the double red solo cup method, it works so well and you only have to water once a week or so if you do it that way.
You take two solo cups and put some rocks or something in between them and poke some holes in the top cup and put your plant there and then put water in the bottom cup and it will water itself from below. I had such a high success using this method.