Potting Up Tomato Seedlings
By Cooking Up a StoryI ran over to Jean Ann Van Krevelen the other day – she had put out a shout for any veggie starts. Since she had been traveling she hadn’t had the chance to do much early planting this season. Since we don’t live too far from each other and I had planted more than enough tomato starts (well, maybe not enough – can you ever have too many tomatoes?), I tweeted back that I had a few to share.
I found her busy in her greenhouse, along with new intern Dede, planting seeds and trying to catch up! As I gave her 5 little starts she said these are ready to be potted up! That reminded me…I was here last year filming that process. Gee, I need to go back and look and that video as a refresher. I thought there might be others in the same boat, so here you go: how to pot-up your tomato starter plants! Not only does Jean Ann explain what it is, why it’s important to do, but (more importantly for us learners) how to do it.
Tags: Growing & Raising Food, Growing tomatoes, how to grow tomatoes, Jean Ann Van Krevelen, organic vegetable gardening, tomato seedlings


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This is perfect timing – I just started seedlings for the first time this year, tomato and basil, and they are at the point where I need to to ‘pot up.’ Thanks for the very informative video!
Lisa – glad it helped! I got better results last year when I did as Jean Ann instructed. Hope you do too!
I guess I only liked tomatoes before, since my affection for them went up several notches after learning that the “Love Apple’s” sensuous curves and delicate flesh resulted in the Church of Rome banned them for 150 years.
Thanks for helping me truly appreciate tomatoes!
Cheers,
Rob Smart
a.k.a., Jambutter on Twitter
I thought this was going to be a piece about my best friend, Cynthia Sandberg, and her internationally known Love Apple Farm.
http://www.growbetterveggies.com
She named her farm both for its former owners, the Love family, but for the “Love Apple” moniker given to the tomato by the French.
Cheers!