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Linden, Mi.,

Does any one soak seeds before you put them to soil ?

5/5/2014 1:20:10 PM

Corbin, KY

not here, I sow dry seeds in promix in a pot. Lightly cover on a heat mat they are up in a few days.

5/5/2014 2:22:01 PM

Allentown, PA

I do not. I use Jiffy pellets that have been soaked in water. They expand and provide an excellent medium for starting tomato seeds. I plant the seeds in the expanded pellets then place them in a tray designed to hold them. That tray then goes onto a heat mat inside a small plastic tub with a lid.

I keep the temperature at approx. 85 F and have had germination as rapidly as three days after planting.

5/5/2014 4:07:00 PM

Little-TON - Colorado

Nope, 1/4 inch in premoisten 6 pak and in the germ chamber they go..germs in 4 days at 87.5

5/5/2014 4:47:50 PM

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

I start my seeds in a small plastic cups of water. Once I see some small root popping out I put them in 7 ounce cups of potting soil. Within several days they break ground.

5/5/2014 6:25:16 PM

Hamilton Nj

me eithor i just put in starting mix slightly moist and i use old water bottles cut in half most sprout in 2-7 days!!!

5/5/2014 8:30:36 PM

Linden, Mi.,

Thank's guys
Marv will give that a try

5/7/2014 3:43:30 PM

On top of Brush Mountain, Pa.

The reason I do them in water is because some of the seeds are precious and I want to grow one plant for each pot and not waste any space or pots or seeds.

5/7/2014 8:02:34 PM

Linden, Mi.,

5/7/14, Put seeds in water, sprouted 5/9/14, in dirt !
7 out of 8 - good, no ?

Thank's again !

5/9/2014 5:41:47 PM