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This video explains when to start tomato seeds indoors and how to sow them successfully. Learn the correct sowing depth, temperature and light conditions needed for healthy germination.
The guide covers watering, preventing weak seedlings and caring for young plants before transplanting. It also explains how to give tomato seedlings the best start for strong growth.
If you want to grow tomatoes from seed at home, this video provides practical seed starting advice suitable for beginners and experienced gardeners.
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Can you sew tomato seeds in February in
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the UK? Welcome to Gardening with Ben
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and today we're going to be talking
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about tomato seeds. Now, me personally,
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I wouldn't start tomato seeds off in
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February as there's not enough warmth in
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the greenhouse to help them germinate
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and to look after them and keep them
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growing well. And yes, you can start
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them off on the windowsil, but I see so
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many people starting to seeds off on the
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windowsil and they'll grow leggy. And
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leggy means that they stretch towards
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the light because they struggle and they
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don't grow well at all. And people end
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up having to sew them again or go out
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and purchase their own tomato plants and
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start from scratch. So me personally, I
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will start my tomato seeds off from
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March. Usually middle of March towards
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end of March and I always get a great
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crop of tomatoes from starting them.
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Like I'm up north, so it's a bit warmer
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in March up north than it is down south.
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So yeah, I will be starting all my
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tomatoes off then. If I'm starting some
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off in February, the only ones that I
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would start off would be the beef steak
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tomatoes because they might need a bit
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longer growing period to help ripen them
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because they'll take longer to ripen.
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So, that's the only ones that I'd risk.
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All the cherry ones, everyone,
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everything like that in the alakante and
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the money maker, I will start off in
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March time and we'll get some great
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crops from them this year. So, make sure
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you join us and follow us to see when
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we're going to be sewing all our
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tomatoes. We've got so many varieties of
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tomatoes to grow this year. Now, I've
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gone for weird and wonderful tomatoes.
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I'm one of these that don't like to
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stick to the original type varieties.
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Now, we've got some purple ones. We've
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got some black ones. We've got some
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yellow and red ones. We've got speckled
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ones. We've got some great varieties to
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try this year. So, I'm looking forward
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to sharing that all with you. And
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obviously we'll be sharing the videos of
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when we're sewing them all and when
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we're potting them all on as well.
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Obviously like if you were to start them
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off in February, you'd be potting them
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all up and you'd be struggling for space
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for keeping them potted on until it gets
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warm enough in your greenhouse to look
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after them and get enough space. So
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think about that as well. So, if you
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start them off too early, you might not
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be able to find somewhere to store all
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the pots of individual tomato plants
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until it's warm enough in the greenhouse
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because if it's cold, it'll just kill
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them and it'll damage the plants and the
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roots and they won't grow very well at
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all. So, personally, don't start your
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tomatoes off this month. Just wait until
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March time and you will get some great
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crops from them. As obviously new
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growers are eager to get growing and get
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started. I like that. In my first few
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years of growing, I used to read the
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seed packets and it used to say start
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them off in January, February time, and
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I used to be like, "Yes, I can get
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started now. I can get growing." But no,
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wait until it gets a bit warmer. And
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obviously, if you're down south, yeah, f
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fair enough. It sometimes is warm enough
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to start these seeds off. But me
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personally, I always start all my seeds
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off in March, and I get a great crop
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from everything that I grow sometimes.
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But yeah, hold your horses. Wait until
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March. That's when we're going to be
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sewing all our tomato seeds and we'll be
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sharing our journey of growing them. So,
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make sure you drop us a follow and
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you'll be able to see when we start all
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our seeds off. Until next time everyone,
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remember keep smiling, keep shining, we
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keep gardening with Ben everyone.
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