![]() It is better to pot up tomato seedlings earlier than needed rather than too late when the plant has already started to become rootbound, at which point the likelihood of root damage is greater.īut make sure you aren’t way off as repotting way too early will just cause the soil to crumble and fall away from the under-developed root ball during repotting. Knowing when your tomato plant is outgrowing its container is a skill best learnt through experience, but a general rule is to transplant tomato your seedlings into a bigger pot when their height is around two to three times the height of their container and have their second pair of leaves. ![]() Here is how to repot your young tomatoes throughout the beginning of the season: 1: Identify when your tomato Seedlings needs to be potted up So you have started your seeds in seedling trays or individual pots and they have successfully germinated.īefore you reach the point of transplanting them outdoors there are several waves of repotting that need to happen first. Stage One: How to Repot Tomato Seedlings to Larger Containers If you are growing tomatoes in pots for the whole season, this stage is also used to describe the process of planting your tomatoes into their final, large pot outside. The exact date of this event is highly dependent on your growing zone, but is usually you should transplant your tomato plant from a container to the garden between April and July, when the soil temperature is at least 50℉.īefore this stage of transplanting, your tomatoes will need to be hardened off, which will be explained a little further below. This transplanting stage is also necessary if you purchased tomato seedlings from a nursery. Once your tomato seedlings are sufficiently large (5-10 inches) and all risk of frost has passed in your area, you will need to transplant them to their final home for the rest of the season. Repotting is essential for young tomato plants, and supports ambitious growth and creates healthy, strong plants. Tomatoes should be started from seed in the early spring about 6-8 weeks before the last frost in your area, and in that time period will likely need to be repotted 2-3 times. If you choose to start your tomatoes from seed indoors you will need to successively increase the pot size for the young seedlings as they grow. 1: Transplanting tomatoes to larger containers (repotting) Although the process is similar, there are some distinctions to be made between them. We can break down the transplanting stages for tomatoes into two main groups: transplanting into larger containers and transplanting out to the garden. This creates a robust and resilient underground root system that will anchor it in place and support the plant for the rest of the season. ![]() This means that every time tomatoes are transplanted and their exposed stem is buried more deeply, they develop more roots. In addition, tomatoes can grow roots from any point on their stem, and you may have noticed the little hairs along the stem that make them slightly fuzzy to touch. Transplanting helps tomatoes by giving the roots more space and depth to grow downwards and replenishes the soil with fresh nutrients for further growth. If tomatoes are kept in the same small container that they were planted in they will simply run out of room to grow, become rootbound, and likely die. Transplanting tomatoes into larger containers and eventually outside is important for their development, as young tomato plants will quickly outgrow their containers. ![]() Young plants purchased from nurseries or gardening centres are even sometimes referred to as ‘transplants’. The most notable transplanting period in the gardening season is in the spring, when seedlings grown indoors or purchased from nurseries are transplanted out into the garden. When transplanting a tomato seedlings from one pot to another larger pot, we often say ‘repotting’ as well. Transplanting is a pretty general term in gardening that basically means moving a plant from one spot to another, often from a smaller space to a larger space. Let’s break down all the different stages in which tomato plants might need to be transplanted, when they occur, and how this can be done in each scenario to ensure your tomato is happy and healthy. Re-potting tomato seedlings two or three times before planting them in your garden will help to get your plants off to a good start in their development. The term transplanting and repotting is often used to describe several actions when growing tomatoes from seed or purchasing seedlings for planting. ![]()
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