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Digging Up & Transplanting Volunteer Tomatoes

veggiefaery
13 years ago

After putting up a Craigslist ad, I now have several people coming to take my 20 - 30 tomato volunteers off my hands. I have been reading about the best way to transplant tomato plants. I've read on many sites that tomatoes transplant easily with little transplant shock. I've also read that it is very important to dig up as much of the root ball as possible.

My big problem is all the tomato plants are super close together. I already know I will have to dig them up in groups. After I do this, can I separate the plants from one another or will this cause too much damage?

A big plus is I was forced to harvest a large amount of my spinach early due to the extreme heat. Most of the tomatoes grew right next to the spinach. There is now a nice open space right next to the tomatoes I plan to dig up tomorrow. Also, the temps are much cooler now so the plants won't be stresses by the extreme heat and being dug up and transplanted.

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