What size pot to plant seedlings in?
When planting seed, use about a 7 inch pot, planting 3 seeds per pot. Once the seeds have germinated, and are around 4 inches tall, you can then transplant them. Transplant only one plant into a 12 inch plant pot so that the tomato can easily grow and get affected from another plants growth. Question: Can we grow one seed per pot? Yes of course you can grow one seed per pot, it will require no transplanting hopefully, but from past experiences I have found only 2 out of the 5 seeds I plant give a resulting plant, and sometimes a plant might die. If you are not limited in space and pots and soil then it definitely is a good idea to plant one seed per pot. Question: can the pots be of plastic or is it recommended we use earth pots? First of all, for those who might not know, earth pots are sometimes referred to terracotta pots or clay pots and these are porous .Non-porous pots are those made of plastic or are glazed pots. Now porous pots (earth pots) provide better soil aeration and help
