How to start tomato plants in pots indoors 
One of the best ways to make sure of having tomatoes of your favorite variety is to grow the 
plants yourself from seed. For a small, or even medium size garden, enough plants can be 
started in a ten-inch pot to provide a good supply. Follow directions on this page for starting 
seed and on page 3 for transplanting. 
1. Filla clay pot with fine soil to within 14 inch of top. 2. Scatter fine soil over seed to a depth of about Y4 inch. 
Shake seed from the packet as evenly as possible over the Firm the soil with flat of hand. 
surface. 
3. Cut several layers of paper to fit top of pot. Keep well 4. Transplant to other pots when second pair of leaves ap- 
soaked with water. Lift the paper every day or so, and pear. Lift seedlings carefully with pencil or knife blade. 
remove it as soon as seedlings begin to sprout. 
5. Make holeslarge enough to receive roots without cram p- 6. Water well after transplanting, keep in shade a few 
ing. Firm soil around roots of each seedling, using days, then set in sunny window to grow until ready to 
pencil or fingers. plant outdoors. 
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