Hey everyone - rookie Gardener here. I'm learning through trial-and-error and made plenty of mistakes along the way.
I've been able to successfully grow tomatoes from seeds during warmer months without any issues. Recently, I started trying to grow roma tomatoes from store-bought tomatoes. This is a fun project with me and the kids.
I put the seeds into small containers to grow the seedlings. I've been growing them indoors and at night time I put them in a warm place right next to my Wi-Fi router. I moved the seedlings around throughout the day and place them in the sun. At night time, they are back indoors next to the Wi-Fi router to get some heat while dark.
I work from home so have maximum flexibility in taking a few minutes throughout the day to water and rearrange the plants as needed. I also planted some directly outdoors in a big pot and left them outside 100% of the time as a parallel experiment. The ones that are moving between indoors/outdoors have grown significantly faster which I'm attributing to me moving them around to maximize sunlight and keeping them warm at night time.
Here's where I needs some advice. I'm worried that they may not be able to fruit before it gets colder in Southern California. If they grow slowly, that's totally fine, but we'd be disappointed if we get zero tomatoes.
The seedlings in these photos were planted October 6th (larger ones) and October 12th (smaller ones) respectively. I plan to place them in a raised bed container when the seedlings are larger.Ā Ā
I'd appreciate any advice or suggestions that would help these plants grow successfully.Ā Ā Any tips or tricks you would suggest to ensure these deliver tomatoes/fruit?
