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encore · March 17, 2016

quick question here (i hope) last year i left the heat mats going under the tomato seedlings until they were over 6 inches tall and potted them up to 4 and some 6 inch pots. now my question is seeing that i'm going to shut the heat mats off after they sprout (as i have seen on here to do) to keep from getting too leggy and hopefully get stockier plants, do they grow alot slower doing it this way? if so should i start my seeds sooner than i planned on? or won't that matter that much? thanks----tom

March 17, 2016	#1
encore Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2015 Location: wisconsin Posts: 536	starting time quick question here (i hope) last year i left the heat mats going under the tomato seedlings until they were over 6 inches tall and potted them up to 4 and some 6 inch pots. now my question is seeing that i'm going to shut the heat mats off after they sprout (as i have seen on here to do) to keep from getting too leggy and hopefully get stockier plants, do they grow alot slower doing it this way? if so should i start my seeds sooner than i planned on? or won't that matter that much? thanks----tom