How to Successfully Plant and Grow Tomatoes

To successfully plant and grow tomatoes, you need to know when to start the seeds, how to space them, the climate they grow best in, how long until you can harvest the tomatoes, as well as many other aspects of growing tomatoes in a vegetable garden.

Instructions

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  Indoor Seed Starting
  Start seeds indoors 6 weeks before the last frost.
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  Outdoor Planting
  The earliest you should plant tomatoes outdoors is immediately after the last spring frost. Provide frost protection when the tomato plants are first planted outdoors.
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  Growing Season
  Summer.
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  Seed Storage
  To successfully grow tomatoes from seed, seeds should be used within 4 to 5 years.
- 5
  Seed Planting Depth
  To successfully grow tomatoes, you should plant tomato seeds at a depth of ½ inch.
- 6
  Plant Spacing
  Tomato plants should be 30-36 inches apart, and rows should be 30-36 inches apart.
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  Location
  Plant tomato plants in full sun.
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  Maintenance
  To successfully grow tomatoes, keep water off the plant leaves. Prune off side branches, and lower yellow or dead leaves. Provide cages for the vine varieties to grow up on.
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  Seed to Harvest/Flower
  Tomatoes are ready to harvest approximately 17 weeks after you plant the seeds. Tomatoes will ripen after they have been harvested.

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