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Prick out tomatoes

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Tomatoes are straightfo­rward to cultivate, but their needs must be attended to regularly. Now that your seedlings are nicely through and have produced their first true leaves, it is time to prick them out. Take a seed tray and fill it with potting compost. Level and firm the compost, then begin transferri­ng the seedlings, 40 to a tray. Loosen each seedling with a dibber, then lift it by its seed leaves. Make a hole in the compost and lower it in. No need to firm. When all is done, bump the tray on the bench to even things up, insert a label and water.

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