Moist, Warm, Disease-Free:
Starting Seeds
To start my seeds, I use a well-draining coir based soil mix, full spectrum grow lights, and heat mats at 80 degrees. This is after 1 week, I went on to pot them up into 4 inch pots between 1 and 2 weeks.
After 1 month, these are ready to be set out and put in even bigger pots or planted in the ground after about a week or two of adjusting and growing outside. (The nighttime temp must be 50 degrees or above to avoid potential damage to tomato plants, so don’t start seeds more than a month before that if you’re planning on setting them outside then). I started them here in early-March, and set them out mid-April (partially covered as they adjust to sun exposure).