Re: more tomato questions)
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- Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 11:03:43 GMT
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On Wed, 26 Feb 1997 11:40:00 EST, you wrote: >I always transplant tomatoes twice before setting them into the garden. >Each transplant is made as deep as possible, after removing all but the >top cluster of leaves. Tomatoes develop new roots wherever the stem comes >in contact with the soil. I follow the same practice when I set the >plants in the garden. By doing this, I usually have close to 12" of stem >buried. This promotes very strong plants. My Early Girls outgrow my 6 >foot trellis and have main stems over 3/4" in diameter. This all makes >for a super crop. > >oldjohn@juno.com >John Orwick >El Monte, CA > John, I fully agree with you. -- Andre Vanheddeghem Belgium andrev@unicall.be
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