RE: help!

The recommendations I've seen are not to transplant tomatoes much more than
an inch deeper than they were originally, as the root mass requires oxygen
and will die if too deep. Then the plant won't grow until new roots develop
on the stem. Instead, we plant them horizontally in a trench with only the
top of the plant sticking above ground. We will strip off all the leaves but
the top 2-3 sets...when I've dug some up later to check, there are roots all
along the stem and also the root mass is healthy. Also it helps to water
plants in with a superphosphate solution to promote root growth. If the stem
and leaves are purple, this could indicate a lack of phosphorus, caused by
cold or wet conditions.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-veggie@plantideas.com [o*@plantideas.com]On
Behalf Of LindsayWright
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 1:20 PM
To: veggie@plantideas.com
Subject: Re: help!


hi,

Sorry to hear your toms are not thriving!!
Are they too hot, too cold or need more water??  You could try re-planting
them but much deeper, the stems will root as well. You do say how you
prepared the bed but that may be the key.
I live in England and was interested to know what Jaljeera is and what
chutney's you make.

Lindsay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kavita Kalpit Jain" <kavita_j@hotmail.com>
To: <veggie@plantideas.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: help!


> hi
>
> my tomato is not at all growing in the vegetable bed we just made for it.
>
> what cud be wrong?
>
> serrano peppers r doing great. fenugreek is thriving well, bell peppers r
> also flowering.
>
> spear/pepper mint when it was in container was giving huge leaves which i
> used in making "jaljeera" and chutneys. but ever since i have put it in
the
> veggie garden it has shrunken its leaves and its attaching itself to the
> ground by giving out roots from all over the stems. shud i put it back in
> container? i want bigger leaves.
>
> strawberries and tomatoes r as is since the day i planted them in there.
in
> fact leaves r kind of yellowing.
> its the early girl variety of tomato.
>
> one different variety which i had planted in bark bed long long ago is
> giving very healthy and big tomatoes. some moong daal/beans accidently
fell
> around them which has given lots of moong plants around that plant. is the
> nitrogen fixation by legume plants helping the tomato? shud i throw more
> around the plant in the bed too?
>
> do u know what shud i do?
>
> thanks
>
> kavita
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