Stupid question but........

This may seem really silly but will one tomato seed grow one tomato plant.

So if I have 10 tomato seeds I can grow 10 tomato plants?

And also if I grow some seeds now, will they be bearing fruit summer time?

 

Hi there Sky. Yes, yes and yes :D

 

Excellent news!

Thanks

 

Sky. I assume you have some kind of protection for these plants as they germinate/grow ?

 

No lol, I'm new to the world of growing your own food.

While they germinate I thought it was ok when they're in pots.

Then when they start to grow a bit you plant them, put a metal thing around them for support, because the tomatoes will go to the ground if they aren't supported which will make them bad.

Do I have the basics of it?

Oh and they're beef tomatoes so they're big, meaning they need extra support.

I think... =]

 

Sounds like you have the basics of it. Good Luck.

 

My first time at growing toms, they are in a propagator on window sill , they seem to me to be very leggy,[ they are small cherry toms ] planted on 18th March.Have pricked out ,. they have only one set of leafs as yet .How big do they have to be before I pot on. Thanks Barb.

 

They need LOTS of light, and are likely to get leggy on a windowsill. Tie them to a split cane or somesuch, as their stems won't be very strong (whether leggy or not).

I would pot on as soon as you can see evidence of roots at the base or the pot. I pot on 1.5" each time (so 3" then 4.5") but when I was taught the rule was 1" at a time - but I can't get my chubby fingers in the gap to firm the plant in if I only do 1" increments

 

Don`t be too surprised if they try to take over the garden :wink:
I put 9 in a bed and they turned into a tomato hedge 10ft long 2ft high and 4ft deep.

 

MMmmm..a hadge you can eat...:yho:

Steve...

 

I kid you not..it was a hedge :wink:

 

Wow:gnthb::gnthb: