>>296087>My tomato plant seedlings are ready to be transplanted into a pot.Are you sure? How tall are they and how many sets of true leaves do they have? Where you live, is it warm enough at night so they will be safe?
>I have ~ 20 seedlings in 6 seed pots.Ouch... thats a bunch! you sowed 2-3 seeds per seed pot right? Thats the only instruction I refuse to follow.
>Will I have to cut them down to 6 plants or could I carefully separate their roots and plant them individually?DON'T be a monster and please don't kill them! Show us a picture and depending on how thick the stems are and what type of growing medium you used, C-A-R-E-F-U-L-L-Y try and pull them apart from the soil or use a soft brush to help 'brush' away the soil and expose the roots so you don't rip or cut any of them, and then transplant them to individual pots. Use peat pots (they are biodegradable and break down into the soil) for easy transplanting if you plan on planting them outside. You can get 14 3.5" diameter ones for $1.75 at Wal Mart or 6 5" diameter ones for $2.25. If you plan to keep them in containers, make sure the variety of tomato is safe for container growing and the container is large enough to give them plenty of root growing space! Also, put in the stakes or trellis BEFORE you transplant that way you don't stab or cut the roots and your tomatoes will be happy.
I planted one Burpee Supersteak Hybrid seed 4 days ago and in 3 days, the seedling on the left popped up and today, I found out they are twins. They appeared way ahead of schedule (7-10 days). Since the medium is peat, when they gain their 2nd set of true leaves, I need to carefully pull apart the dry peat and put them in their own containers. They are too young for me to do that now but the left seedling is about to outgrow the mini greenhouse and its almost about to touch the plastic lid's roof! I refuse to kill any of them and I sow one seed per pellet!
>>296111Post a picture so we can see. Also need to know the age
