Transplanting tomato plants mid-summer
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transplanting & thinning LARGE potted tomato plants
Comments (4)Sounds like a 2 person job. Hopefully the pots are the cheap thin ones because at this size the best option would be cutting the pots off. I can't guarantee the plants will do spectacular but tomato plants are quite resilient. Dig your holes then have a friend steady a plant near a hole and cut the pot open. Grab the root ball and drop in the hole and fill in around it then give it a new cage or temporary support until you get the others planted if using a weave for all 3 or maybe already have a trellis up. If you are using a taller cage you might think about dropping the entire plant through the new cage roots first as to minimize damage to branches. This may take 3 people lol. Don't forget to drop a hand full of Epsom salt and time release fertilizer in the hole and work it in the soil before planting. Once planted water it in well. Hope this gives you an idea of what to do anyway. Good luck as I've never tried to transplant a tomato that big, but think it can be done....See MoreWhere to get tomato plants in Seattle in mid April?
Comments (4)The main problem with buying these now is they will have been chilled unless kept under cover the whole time until purchase. But if you wait until the correct time in June the selection will not be nearly what it was earlier! If you go looking at local stock and see a lot of pale yellowish growing tips that means the plants have been exposed to cold - and results the entire rest of the season may be affected. If I had a tomato hobby I might grow my own from seed, so I could control the growing conditions throughout the entire cycle....See MoreMaximum yield beefsteak tomato with classic summer field tomato taste?
Comments (15)I assume you understand that given the unusual and artificial indoor growing methods you are using that the flavor and productivity of any variety will be affected and in most cases reduced? Just as one cannot expect field-grown flavor from greenhouse grown tomatoes, one cannot expect nearly the same levels of production from container grown plants. And your methods of leaf reduction, spectrum alteration, and containerized soil moisture control would have even more effects. As someone who does all three - GH, container, and field growing - I learned years ago that you have to learn to keep the expectations in line with the methodology regardless of the variety used. Dave...See MoreWhat to plant mid-summer in Dallas? Newbie!
Comments (8)Some people will take cuttings off the tomatoes , or cut them back by a third or 1/2 and start them over for the fall. July is a good time to replant tomatoes, but one has to shade them. Life is tough in a July and August. Tomatoes get so long that they can't lift all that energy to the top of the plant. Many will grow transplants in the shade and move them out when the summer breaks. Summer peas can go in now. I have planted them in austin in June. They will improve your soil too as a cover crop. But this summer is supposed to be hotter than normal once the water gets evaporated out of our ground. many of us do not garden and go swimming. Agrilife North Texas planting schedule...See Moredigdirt2
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