Growing Tomatoes from Seed in Pots

Sully1 · February 25, 2015

I need some advice please. I planted two hybrid BIGBOY tomato seeds per pot indoors and both seeds sprouted. Can I transplant to bigger pots leaving both plants or must I remove one? Hate to waste my seeds. I'm truly a beginner and any advice on this matter will be greatly appreciated! Thanks and HAGD!

PA_Julia · February 25, 2015

Hi Sully,

If you don't separate seedlings they will not do very well due to crowding issues.

Once the seedlings have their first set of true leaves(not cotyledon leaves that first appear) then it would be wise to separate them into a container of their own.

luigiwu · February 25, 2015

Watch NCtomatoman's Dense Planting Illustrated series stickied under the Starting from Seed section... its blow your mind and you'll get all the answers to your question.

roper2008 · February 26, 2015

You can separate them, no problem. I plant two seeds to a cell. If they both come up
I separate them. Just can't seem to dispose of a perfectly healthy seedling. I give
away my extra's anyway.

Stvrob · February 26, 2015

They are easy to separate. Grasp the seedling by its cotyledon leaf, never it stem.

February 25, 2015	#1
Sully1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Beaumont, TX Posts: 7	Growing Tomatoes from Seed in Pots I need some advice please. I planted two hybrid BIGBOY tomato seeds per pot indoors and both seeds sprouted. Can I transplant to bigger pots leaving both plants or must I remove one? Hate to waste my seeds. I'm truly a beginner and any advice on this matter will be greatly appreciated! Thanks and HAGD!

February 25, 2015	#2
PA_Julia Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Princeton, Ky Zone 7A Posts: 2,208	Hi Sully, If you don't separate seedlings they will not do very well due to crowding issues. Once the seedlings have their first set of true leaves(not cotyledon leaves that first appear) then it would be wise to separate them into a container of their own. __________________ Personal Best- 4.46 LB Big Zac 2013

February 25, 2015	#3
luigiwu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: ny Posts: 1,219	Watch NCtomatoman's Dense Planting Illustrated series stickied under the Starting from Seed section... its blow your mind and you'll get all the answers to your question. __________________ Subirrigated Container gardening (RGGS) in NY, Zone 7!

February 26, 2015	#4
roper2008 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b) Posts: 1,337	You can separate them, no problem. I plant two seeds to a cell. If they both come up I separate them. Just can't seem to dispose of a perfectly healthy seedling. I give away my extra's anyway.

February 26, 2015	#5
Stvrob Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 1,413	They are easy to separate. Grasp the seedling by its cotyledon leaf, never it stem.