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NisiNJ · February 5, 2012

Pastor Jeff:

I live in NJ also, and my best seedlings are the ones I start last, usually the first day of April. The ones I start earlier end up too leggy.

Tomatoes do well with "winter sowing." Have you heard about it? It is explained at this website:

http://wintersown.org/wseo1/How_to_Winter_Sow.html

They will also send you free tomato seeds (for a SASE). After you have read the pages on the website, you take a little quiz. When you pass the (automated) quiz you will get a printout page which you include in your SASE.

My wintersown tomato seedlings are always stockier than the ones I start under lights, and they are already hardened off! I start them on March 1, they germinate (outside in their little covered containers) around April 1, I transplant them into individual 3" pots at the end of April and put them in the ground mid May.

February 5, 2012	#8
NisiNJ Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bordentown NJ Posts: 32	Pastor Jeff: I live in NJ also, and my best seedlings are the ones I start last, usually the first day of April. The ones I start earlier end up too leggy. Tomatoes do well with "winter sowing." Have you heard about it? It is explained at this website: http://wintersown.org/wseo1/How_to_Winter_Sow.html They will also send you free tomato seeds (for a SASE). After you have read the pages on the website, you take a little quiz. When you pass the (automated) quiz you will get a printout page which you include in your SASE. My wintersown tomato seedlings are always stockier than the ones I start under lights, and they are already hardened off! I start them on March 1, they germinate (outside in their little covered containers) around April 1, I transplant them into individual 3" pots at the end of April and put them in the ground mid May. Last edited by NisiNJ; February 5, 2012 at 12:56 AM. Reason: Adding start date for wintersowing tomatoes.