Tall tomatoes going in the ground

bgardner 5/12/2020, 10:36 pm

I have a question about getting my tomatoes out from under the lights and outside. Our esteemed colleague OhioGardener told me a while back to bury all but the top 3 inches of the plant once they go out (after Ohio's frost departs, hopefully for a long time). The thing is, I have 6-inch beds, and the plants are 18" tall. That seems a bit of a challenge.

Thoughts?

mollyhespra 5/13/2020, 12:09 am

Lay them down horizontally as deep as you can and gently encourage the top to bend upwards. So if your plants are 18" tall, it should work well.

OhioGardener 5/13/2020, 8:19 am

mollyhespra wrote:Lay them down horizontally as deep as you can and gently encourage the top to bend upwards. So if your plants are 18" tall, it should work well.

+1

hammock gal 5/14/2020, 11:49 am

Yes, the top of the plant that is unburied will aim for the sun and start growing upright before you know it. And roots will develop all along the buried stem. That's just what I'll be doing with my little Carbon tomato that is one bare stem with a few leaves on top.

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