How To Grow Organic Tomatoes

There are many rewards for the daily management to spend time with growing tomatoes:

work of our hands in the dirt is a form of meditation,

plays traditional ancestors,

and it delays our world down enough to enjoy spending some time with family and friends that we take our tomato plants from childhood to maturity ... Overall, as my sister and I will do today.

Why choose organic. Simple. When his son playing football in the playground or jumping on the trampoline, you can walk your beautiful tomatoes still on the vine and a snack before returning to their games. This will be done smoothly. You used all while increasing your tomatoes that will hurt your family.

Of course, is to get ahead of ourselves.

The reason for the visit today, on how to grow organic tomatoes, because we are not gardeners world class. My sister gives her family thumb green, my thumb killed a cactus. I guess they are in the middle.

So all you gardening knowledge to bring to the table with us in this process simple. Together we will create some beautiful tomato plants.

To start you must:

* Compost. Free, if your garden from which we use today.

* Peat. It costs about $ 10.50

* One of the following: Hummis, dirt, soil, loam. Price: around $ 3.00

It may take some time to find one of these without a version of 'Miracle Grow'.

* The organic seed. Costs vary. Average of about $ 2.69

Lisa favorite seed companies involved in organic tomato seeds: Seeds of Change and Seed Savers.

* Bucket to mix the compost, peat and Hummer in.

* Seed starter tray. We chose one with pop-out of cells, a lower tray containing water and a plastic cover.

* Popsicle sticks or something for labeling.

Heating pad *. (Optional)

Hand mixing of compost Hummes ¼ ¼ and ½ peat in the bucket -.

Peat retains the moisture of the mixture of dust, to prevent it from sticking.

Fertilizer is not necessary. It can cause the plant to burn. In addition to seeds and dirt has the potential to grow and be healthy.

- Fill the tray seed starting mix. Evenly covering all cells of the circle.

- With a finger to make a small hole, about ¼ inch in every cell you put the seeds in

- We have a couple of seeds in each hole.

- Then gently back hole.

To wrap things up, fill with water sheet lower tray to replace the cells of the seeds and cover with a plastic cap.

Place the trays in a warm place. Our favorite place is the kitchen. If you decide to buy a heating pad, place the tray on it.

Check the water level several times over the next few hours. The land will be needed to absorb the water.

It will take approximately 60-10 days for seeds to germinate.

Check your seeds to show the slightest sign that the left to blow your head up. It's when you take the plastic cover. Otherwise, they begin to slow take-off and wilting. Also start to give your tomato plants under water, walking the fine line of not letting it dry.

Once your plants begin to earn their true leaves, we'll touch base again. Our next step will be to transplant our tomato plants in peat pods. Peat pods allow roots to grow.