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Re: Amy's tomato-starting query

My 2 cents.  As a complete beginner I started my toms from seed with
amazing success last year (in Illinois).  Found an old fluorescent light
in my apartment's basement bought a couple of seedling trays and had a
super-fun time gardening when it was still sub-freezing.  My only real
problem was starting them too early - as in February 1 (oops!).  They
were ready to plant my mid-March and I still had two months until last
frost!  Lesson learned.  Next time I probably wont start tomatoes until
April at the earliest.  I had heard that it would be difficult, but was
pleasantly surprised that it all worked so well.  Even though I got mine
for free, the same basic fluorescent light costs less that $10 at the
hardware store.

Not meaning to contradict other advice, but just wanted to offer
encouragement to another beginner b/c I know how anxious I get for
spring to come - and starting seed seems to help and I learned a lot.
Watch out, though, you could easily become obsessed with those little
seedlings - I had almost an emotional attachment to them by the time I
could plant them out.  Hubby thought it a bit unnatural.

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