Can you plant a tomato seed far enough apart and not thin seedlings?

Yes you can but the BEST way to plant a tomato seedling is start it in a small container to germinate

when it is 4inches (100mills) high transfer it to a used yogurt container

dont worry about cleaning the container turn it upside down and cut the bottom out of it

put some drainage holes in the lid (the perspex part)

now with the perspex part down i/2 fill with potting mix, mixed with a little slow release fertiliser

put in your 4inch tomato plant and cover it up to the leaves

as it grows keep adding potting mix/compost

now the SMART part your tomato plant has now grown extra roots all the way up the stem and its ready for transplanting to your garden

after you have prepared your soil and made a hole large enough to take your plant you CAREFULLY remove the perspex part, place the container in your hole and WELLO just lift up the container and back fill,

You havent upset or disrupted the plants roots and it will grow like you have never grown a tomato before

enjoy and tell your friends great way to recycle and perfect way to grow seedlings out to a larger size without affecting their roots when transplanting

Germination in tomatoes is pretty high. If the seeds have been stored well. Maybe hold back about 2% of your seeds. Then go back and fill in the blank spots after 10 days.

It is a tough world for a seedling though.

If you still have at least a month till last frost I would plant them in flats. To be planted out later. I start mine indoors 2 months before last frost. Pot up once after the first month them outside on the second month.

I don't think I know of anyone who starts tomatoes in the groung.

It's unlikely that you will get every seed to germinate, so I'd probably start them indoors, and then plant every germinated seedling into the final positions that you want them to grow in. Also keep a few back, in case you get any failures, and fill in - but tomatoes are pretty reliable once germinated - it's just that few seeds, if any ever, will give you full germination.

Hope this helps. Good luck! Rob

Use starter plants from a garden store. They are only about .50$ each and they ARE started. I plant mine 4 to 5 ft apart, but I have a fairly large garden.

Yes but the problem is such a large number of seeds do not germinate that you have a lot of bald spots and waste a lot of space

You could do this if you were guaranteed 100% germination. You might do better using young plants instead.

The Muse