- Certified organic tomato seeds
- Happy Plant® tablets
- Organic potting soil
- Biodegradable starter pots
- Watering can
- Soak-hose
- Organic top soil
Place organic soil with one or two Happy Plant® tablets into biodegradable starter pots. Soil should be moistened but not overly saturated with water. Place up to three organic tomato seeds per pot and cover with ½" soil.
Place pots on a sunny window sill and keep soil moist. Check pots daily to make sure the soil does not dry out too much. When the seeds sprout, continue to water the plant and watch for signs that the tomato plants are getting enough nutrition. If the leaves are very pale or turn yellow, this is usually a sign that the plant needs more Happy Plant® tablets.
Plant the tomato outside in soil that has been tilled and prepared with organic topsoil. Do this only when the outside temperature is no longer in danger of freezing and you organic tomato plants are at least 4" high or higher. Plant them about 7" apart. Use of the biodegradable starter pot allows you to plant pot and all. Make sure you can bury it deep enough to cover the plant past the top of the pot.
Lay your soak hose close enough to the stems so that the water will reach the root system of the tomato plants. Soak hoses are not necessary but preferred because tomatoes don’t like water left on the leaves. Water on the tomato plant leaves can lead to scorching or fungal growth. Soak hoses gently water the soil around the plant.
Place tomato cages over each plant, if desired. This will help keep the plants from drooping as they grow.
Harvest tomatoes when they are firm and fully colored. If left on the vine too long they may "crack and split", so pick them often. "Pink" tomatoes can be picked and left on a window sill to ripen.
