Gardeners can choose either to buy seeds or a partially grown plant for their gardens. Those "purest", who insist on growing tomatoes from seeds, however, should be aware of how to start the plant and care for it as it matures.
The process begins indoors in a container. The first step is getting a seed starting mix and filling the container with it. Next, create small furrows and place the seeds in them. The seed starting mix should be moist before the seeds are planted. Now the seeds can be completely covered by the soil and gently watered.
The planted seeds will need a warm place to grow. And once the stems poke out of the soil, a good light source will become necessary as well. This can be achieved either with natural sunlight (as on a windowsill) or with florescent light bulbs.
It will take about a week for the plants to germinate, or emerge from the seeds. If you have multiple varieties of tomato plants in the container, carefully label them, as they will all look alike at this stage.
After a second week, the seeds should be emerging out of the soil. You may see baby cotyledon leaves at this point. They should be green, a marker that they