Transplanting Seedlings

Some of the seeds we started under the grow lights sprouted their second set of real leaves, so it was time to transplant them out of their itty-bitty starting pods into something bigger.

I had a “helper”.

It was all tomatoes to transplant thus far–they are doing great and it’s nice to know that our grow lights are working out.  We’re growing yellow pear tomatoes which the boys love to snack on.  We’re also growing Roma tomatoes.  I’ve had a lot of success with growing Romas in the past and they are an excellent paste tomato for making sauces and sun-drying.  The third variety we planted is Brandywine.

We had one Brandywine plant last year and we got one most delicious tomato off it before the hornworms came.  It took a while for the plant to bounce back and we only got one more tomato off it later in the summer which wasn’t as good as the first one.  This year we will have lots of Brandywine tomatoes!

All these containers I transplanted into were ones I saved in the shed from the starts we bought last year–nice to avoid waste  and have the perfect containers I need for the job this year.