Re: Tomato Plants

Thank you for your reply! For some unknown reason, while there is a garden
in the backyard, our previous home owner had planted these tomatos in the
flowerbed along side the house! So we would like to move them to the garden.
Again, thank you for your response to my much in need of an answer,
question!

"Not born with green thumbs" Andrea

----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick Callahan" <pac1@tiac.net>
To: <veggie-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: Tomato Plants


> On Saturday 09 June 2001 09:48, Andrea Green wrote:
> > We just moved into our new home, and there are some tomato plants that
need
> > to be transplanted. How do we go about doing that? Andrea
>
> Short answer:  With a shovel!  ;-)
>
> I think its probably still early enough to move tomato plants from one
part
> of the garden to another if that's what you meant.   I'd use a shovel to
> first dig an 8-10 inch diameter hole where the plant is going.  and then
dig
> a root ball about 8 -10 inches in diameter around the plant.  Using the
> shovel, pick the whole plant up by the root ball  and put it  where you
want
> it.
>
> Be careful to handle by the plants by the root ball not the green plant
stalk
> or you'll risk damaging the plants.
>
> I grow my tomato plants a bit close together, leaving a bit more than 1
> square foot per plant.  I don't know if this is right or not.  Anyone know
> for sure?
>
> If you have some seedlings to transplant, here's what I do:
>
> When I put tomato plants in from seedlings,  I use a product called
planting
> mix.  Its a mix of peat moss, loam and cow manure.  Great stuff!   I Dig a
> hole about 8 inches deep, and 10 inches in diameter.  Fill it in with this
> stuff.  Adding enough to go bit above the level of the old soil in a rim
> around the 10 inch diameter circle.  I put a handful of soil in the center
of
> the crater to form a small mound.  This is what you want the soil to look
> like when you're done.  Its a bit like a small moon crater.
>
> I plant the seedlings so the top of the soil from the transplant root ball
is
> 1/2 inch below the original soil level.  I mound up a little soil around
the
> stalk about 1/2 inch above the level of the  original soil so the soil
looks
> like the moon crater again.  I expect this little bump in the middle and
the
> 1/2 inch below grade level will accept new roots the tomato plant will put
> out as it grows and that this will make the plant healthier.   The rims
> around the outside of my craters will hold water.  I can water with a
> watering can and the water won't run off to nourish the weeds.
>
> Many Thanks to Mr. Liu from Taiwan who showed me this crater technique
this
> spring.
>
> What do the experts on the list think of these techniques for
transplanting?
> Will Andrea run into any problems if she's moving plants as I suggested?
>
> -Pat
>
>
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