https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/90d9ece7-b84c-4413-b17e-cd8f376bbb55 Timestamps. This is an effective way to get tomatoes 'earlier' to your table. Growing tomato 'root' transplants makes sense...here is why and how you grow them. The 6-8 week method is golden, try a few plants this way for early harvesting. Grow Large Tomato Transplants Indoors in Just 4 Weeks (One Simple Change for Larger Plants) https://youtu.be/hIdrVzNoI2U Make Your Own Seed Starting Containers for Garden Plants (Cheap Foil & Water Bottle Containers) https://youtu.be/5nEI3I76iOs 0:00 Growing Tomato 'Root' Transplants 0:46 Larger Containers Equals Larger Tomato Plants 1:53 Standard Tomato Transplants 6-8 Weeks Old 2:25 68 F or 18.2 C is Target Outdoor Soil Temp for Transplants 3:07 Root Systems vs. Upper Green Growth - Makes Sense 4:15 A 4 Week Tomato Transplant - How They Should Look 4:43 Why a LITTLE Root Ball On A Big Plant Doesn't Work Well 6:17 Why a LARGE Root Ball Accelerates Outdoor Growth 8:15 Overview On How To DO the Experiment 9:20 How Often to Fertilize the Tomato Root Ball Transplant 9:35 How to Time to Start the Root Transplants 10:28 How & When to Trim the Plants and Start Root Ball Growth 14:06 Identifying Tomato Suckers & Water Propagation 15:17 Two Ways to Grow Tomato Transplants Need a Garden Mentor? 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