How to Plant Tomato Seeds? A Detailed Guide to the Latest Growing Methods

Do you know how to plant tomato seeds? This does require some growing skills, otherwise your tomatoes will not grow well. The editor has also grown quite a few tomatoes, and they have always grown well. Below, the editor of Qiannong Network will introduce how to plant tomato seeds.

Growing Environment Requirements for Tomatoes

1. Temperature: Tomato is a warm-loving vegetable. Under normal conditions, the optimum temperature for assimilation is 20-25°C, and the optimum soil temperature for root growth is 20-22°C. Raising the soil temperature not only promotes root development, but also significantly increases the nitrate nitrogen content in the soil, accelerating growth and development and increasing yield.

2. Light: Tomato is a light-loving crop, with a light saturation point of 70000lx, and a suitable light intensity of 30000-50000lx. Tomato is a short-day plant. In the process of transitioning from vegetative growth to reproductive growth, it basically requires short days, but the requirement is not strict. Some varieties can bud and bloom earlier under short days, while most varieties flower earlier and grow robustly under 11-13h of sunlight.

3. Water: Tomatoes need a fair amount of water, but they do not need frequent heavy irrigation. Generally, a soil moisture of 60-80% and an air humidity of 45-50% are suitable. High air humidity not only hinders normal pollination, but also leads to severe disease under high temperature and high humidity conditions.

4. Soil and Nutrition: Tomatoes are not very strict about soil conditions, but to obtain a high yield and promote good root development, deep loam soil that drains well and is rich in organic matter should be selected. The suitable soil pH is 6-7. Soil that is too acidic or too alkaline should be improved.

How to Plant Tomato Seeds

1. Take the small tomato seeds that have been spread on paper and dried, and before planting, place them under the blazing sun for another day (to eliminate bacteria and viruses and increase the germination rate), then break apart the seeds that have stuck together into individual seeds for later use. This is a key step in how to plant tomato seeds and cannot be omitted.

2. Turn over and rake level a sheltered, sunny, humus-rich, fertile and loose seedling soil “bed” of suitable size, then spread a layer (20 mm thick) of fine soil sifted through a 5X5 mm sieve on top.

3. First spray the seedling bed evenly with clear water until thoroughly wet, then evenly scatter the small tomato seeds on the seedling bed, then set up curved bamboo frames, cover them well with plastic film, and press the edges firmly with stones and soil (to retain moisture and warmth).

4. After 3-5 days (depending on temperature), the seeds will sprout. When the cotyledons emerge, open the plastic film once in the morning and once in the afternoon each day to give them fresh air.

5. When the true leaves appear, carefully spray them once with a watering can using a light manure and urine water fertilizer to promote growth.

6. When the soil in the growing bed becomes short of water, replenish it promptly with a watering can.

With this kind of operation, in less than a month the seedlings can be taken out and transplanted into the planting field (use a flat shovel to cut down one cun deep into the growing soil to take out the seedlings, and transplant them with soil to turn green earlier). Now that you understand how to plant tomato seeds, you can also try planting according to the editor's experience and see how the results turn out. I hope you can taste tomatoes you have grown yourself.