Before you start sowing pepper and tomato seeds for seedlings, you need to understand two key points.
The harvest at the end of the season and the condition of the seedlings as such depend on them.
The two main concepts that every gardener should understand are the place where to plant seedlings and the varietal characteristics.
Landing place
Tomatoes feel good in a greenhouse, hotbed or simply in open ground. You need to clearly understand this point.
If we are talking about greenhouse tomatoes, then you need to prepare for planting at the beginning of May.
Tomatoes that will grow in open ground can be prepared for transplanting no earlier than the end of spring or the beginning of summer.
Varietal characteristics
This condition should be discussed separately, because the varietal characteristics should concern the ripening period, not the taste qualities. Everyone knows that there are early, middle and late varieties.
Early tomato seedlings are transplanted after 45-50 days. Medium ones after 55-60 days. Late ones after 70 days.
All these terms must be taken into account, adding to them 3-5 days for seed preparation and about 10 days for germination.
Sowing tomatoes for seedlings. Timing
It is not difficult to calculate that the plants that will be planted in the greenhouse are sown:
- at the beginning of March, if these are late-ripening varieties;
- after March 10 – mid-early;
- and after March 20 – early varieties.
Tomatoes that will grow in open ground are sown approximately 2-3 weeks later than the specified dates.
