Any north Jersey Tomatovillians here?

nnjjohn · March 21, 2013

I have to ask because I always resort to buying my tomato plants after doing poorly with seedlings. This season, I want to grow my own from seeds. They are just germinating last couple days in a 92 cell jiffy tray with the green house cover ( an important step I neglected in the past was not using a doom ) another step I neglected in the past years trying to do my own seedlings ,was heat, I had no idea but now I know how warm temperatures helps trigger the seedlings to germinate. My burpee big boy and super beef steaks seedlings germinated within a week! Now I want to be sure to light them as explained here.. my question at this ★★★★★★★★ is ,when do I transplant these seedlings into bigger cups as the danger for frost is still weeks ahead? Did I start my tomato seedlings too early for Northern New Jersey? tia, John

March 21, 2013	#1
nnjjohn Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: northern new jersey Posts: 683	Any north Jersey Tomatovillians here? I have to ask because I always resort to buying my tomato plants after doing poorly with seedlings. This season, I want to grow my own from seeds. They are just germinating last couple days in a 92 cell jiffy tray with the green house cover ( an important step I neglected in the past was not using a doom ) another step I neglected in the past years trying to do my own seedlings ,was heat, I had no idea but now I know how warm temperatures helps trigger the seedlings to germinate. My burpee big boy and super beef steaks seedlings germinated within a week! Now I want to be sure to light them as explained here.. my question at this ★★★★★★★★ is ,when do I transplant these seedlings into bigger cups as the danger for frost is still weeks ahead? Did I start my tomato seedlings too early for Northern New Jersey? tia, John __________________ john