It's been such a warm winter that today is St. Patrick's day and it already feels like early June (according to the local weather man). I really should have planted my tomato seeds two weeks ago, but that weekend was too windy and last weekend I was out of town. Today is beautiful outside, so I planted cherry tomato seeds. I learned from my mistakes last year. I didn't realize how big of a pot these plants actually need, so I kept having to re-pot them. I also dumped an entire bag of tomato seeds into a few pots since I didn't know what the germination rate would be. Needless to say, I was overwhelmed with plants (I had almost 40 of them, I believe).
This year, I'm starting smaller and smarter. Many people use special small pots for their plants. I took one look at an empty egg carton & realized each compartment was the perfect size. I planted 22 seeds. I really only want 6 plants, so any more that sprout will be sold at our yard sale. I know lots of people like to deal with seedlings instead of actually growing them from seed themselves. I'm not even 100% sure these seeds are ok; they have been sitting in the freezer all winter. So, we will see what sprouts!
