they are planted but how long before i see progress
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journey11
Garden Master
If you have them warm enough 70 degrees or so, about 7 to 10 days usually.
I would say 7-10 days at the earliest...maybe as long as 14- 20, or even a bit longer. Some may (and will) sprout sooner than others. Sometimes just when you are ready to give up on a seed it will sprout. Good luck on your tomatos! 
Whitewater
Attractive To Bees
It's totally true that tomatoes need warmth to grow! While I haven't dared start a tomato from seed yet, last year all three of my tomato plants did the same thing -- they sulked and pouted and wouldn't grow in early summer (which around here is late May, early June-ish) but as soon as the hot weather hit at mid/end of June, you could quite literally SEE them growing, if you just sat out there near my plants. In one week they grew two feet!!! Just because it was the right (ie, *warm*) weather combo for the plants.
I was fascinated by the fact that I could measure them at one height before I went into the house for the night (at 11', say) and in the morning, they were taller (typically they'd grow 2-3" overnight).
The zukes were the same way -- once it got warm enough, I had to watch those things like hawks! Occasionally I'd go out in the morning and I'd see a baby zuke, when I came out again that evening about dusk, the same zuke would be about 8-9" long and ready to eat.
The right temp is very important for tomatoes! That's the biggest thing I learned with my first garden attempt last year. If you get the temp right, whether through chance or design, you'll see a lot going on in your garden
Mine took forever to ripen, though, I finally had to bring them inside.
Whitewater
I was fascinated by the fact that I could measure them at one height before I went into the house for the night (at 11', say) and in the morning, they were taller (typically they'd grow 2-3" overnight).
The zukes were the same way -- once it got warm enough, I had to watch those things like hawks! Occasionally I'd go out in the morning and I'd see a baby zuke, when I came out again that evening about dusk, the same zuke would be about 8-9" long and ready to eat.
The right temp is very important for tomatoes! That's the biggest thing I learned with my first garden attempt last year. If you get the temp right, whether through chance or design, you'll see a lot going on in your garden
Mine took forever to ripen, though, I finally had to bring them inside.
Whitewater
vfem
Garden Addicted
I have some tomato and pepper seeds on a heating pad starting now in some peat moss/seed starter mix.
I just got my first sprouts and its been 9 days... I expect to see more come up in the next 5. Good luck!
I just got my first sprouts and its been 9 days... I expect to see more come up in the next 5. Good luck!
desertgirl
Garden Ornament
I have the same set up-heating pad under a seedling starter in a south facing window. I am thinking I will need a thermometer so I can assure the temp is right...I should plan o leaving it on all the time, right?:/
vfem
Garden Addicted
I have my heating pad on low and its fine... I'm not even keeping temps. Once they sprout, I am leaving them in the south facing window without the pad. I do leave the pad on all the time. I just need it to get them to germinate.desertgirl said:
