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Written by Tracy Ballisager

Friday, 14 March 2008

Tomatoes come in all sorts of colors, although what we are accustomed to seeing is just red and yellow. Tomatoes come in black, purple, orange, pink, variegated, white, yellow, red and green. Yes, it's true... green tomatoes do not always refer to unripened tomatoes. A couple very popular varieties include a green striped tomato called Green Zebra and a green tomato with a pink blush called Aunt Ruby's German Green. Green tomatoes have a rather spicy, mild flavor. Of course, if you want traditional fried green tomatoes, you may prefer to use an unripened fruit, since a ripened tomato won't stand up to the heat in the skillet as well.

by TracyBallisager

You can find the seeds from most seed companies. when you do your search online, you will sure find alot of places to choose from. Just remember that is very hard to find green tomatoes seedling in the market. its recommend to create a seedbed inside

Find out when your last expected frost date is. You want to plant your seeds in a good quality sterile seed growing mix at least 6 to 8 weeks before that date. Go through your seeds and separate them. Sometimes they stick together during packing. Plant more seeds than you think you'll need. Not all the seeds will germinate, and you can always give some seedlings away to friends and family.

These seeds grow just like any other tomato plant. Plant them " deep in apot, you should water them with as little water as you can. The trick is to keep them moist.Green tomatoes seeds germinate best when the soil is around 75⁰ F and 90⁰ F. You may want to cover the seeds with aplastic hood to help with the germination

Once the seeds begin to sprout, you will need to adjust the temperature of the plant slightly. You will want to drop the temperature down to between 60⁰F and 70⁰F. Also, you will want to expose the seedlings to sufficient lighting in order to keep them from getting leggy. Tomato plants love windows facing the south. If you don't have access to a window, then you may want to consider putting the plants under a full spectrum fluorescent light, placed just a few inches above the pots.

Once the little sprouts have their second or third set of true leaves (they'll look like tomato leaves, not seed leaves), transplant them into 4" pots so they have more room to grow.

The plants will need to harden off, before they can be transplanted outdoors. In order to do this, you simply set them outdoors during the daytime for several hours and then bring them back inside. After about a week, you can extend the time they are outdoors. Eventually, they will become accustomed to being outside. At night, you will need to protect the plants. Once the plants are fully accustomed to being outdoors, you can then plant them in a garden. You will need to put up some type of supports around the plants if they are a type that grows tall.

After that process you can now plant your green tomato.You can put support around they plant to help it grow.

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