Comments on: 3 pitfalls of planting seeds too early!

By: The Thoughtful Gardener

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:10:29 +0000

Take off all leaves except the top two. Use a deep container (I use the double cup method, punch holes in the bottom of top cup, and fill the bottom cup 1/2 full of water. Plant deeply in top cup. Put your tomato about 1″ below the light. Move the light up as it grows or it will burn, this will keep it short and stocky.

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By: Niki Jabbour

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:44:38 +0000

In reply to Judy L White.

Hi Judy, I also wouldn’t use foam take-out containers for seed starting, but often use milk jugs, etc for winter sowing. A video here – https://youtu.be/Wo-x78pEPO0. And an article I wrote on winter sowing here – https://farm-kits.com/winter-sowing/ Hope that helps! 🙂 Niki

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By: Judy L White

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 13:37:36 +0000

PS I found the information on planting onion seeds in a container outdoors in winter — cool idea; hope I can remember the details until next winter. (Still no video but that’s OK.) One thing about using take-out containers — just saw a news segment about “forever chemicals” that can be very bad for health, and take-out foam containers are one of the worst for that. Not sure if that would migrate into the onions but people might want to use other containers.

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By: Robert Dailey

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 23:26:12 +0000

I started my tomatoes Jan. 1, but now they are 12 inches high…too tall for my growlight. It is now mid-February, far too easrly to set them in the ground. They look like they’re starting to flower. I live in zone 9A. Any suggestions?

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