Everybody likes home grown tomatoes. No fish genes, and even if the commercial tomatoes in the store were not genetically modified, have you ever had one that tasted like a home grown tomato?
Now is the time to start thinking about starting your seed indoors. Don't have room? How much room do a few styrofoam cups take up? And you really don't need sun. You don't want leggy plants, you want the roots to develop. You need warmth, not sun. Of course you need to time things according to where you live. Wally must wait another three months before starting his.
I like to get a few plants in the ground as soon as it MAY be ok. This means that there is still a risk that I will lose them to a freeze. It is ok. I have plenty more coming. If it does not freeze
happy days! I will have early tomatoes. If it freezes, so what. I did not pay a lot for nursery grown plants. If you do not have a lot more coming, then you better wait until it is safe.
And, there are early varieties that you may want to plant even though they may not be your favorites. Cherry tomatoes do well early also.
A suggestion: if you have room, take a plastic tray, I save the trays my pineapple comes in, and put your styrofoam cups in it. You want drainage so place holes in the cups. The tray will collect the drain water. Or, if you have your little plastic trays from last years nursery purchase, plant in them and find a tray to set them in to collect the drain water. The dollar store had aluminum cooking pans that will work for this.
So, free styrofoam cups from the picnics at the park, seeds, and a tray is all you need to begin soon!