Remember our little tomatoes?
After about three weeks they looked like this:
Beautiful, big and green, and growing out of their space.
Tomato plants tend to get long and lankly very easily, which makes them a tad delicate once they have to deal with wind and such. There is a simple trick when dealing with long tomatoes that will help with the delicate stems. It is so easy I am almost embarrassed to share!
Ready?
Bury the stem. I know, profound, yet so simple. That long lanky stem can be buried almost up to the first true leaves, and that stem will make roots which gives you a stronger plant.
Simple, yet beautiful in its simplicity.
The nursery I use says to actually pull off the first set of leaves and plant up to the next set. Gives you even deeper roots but that is once you plant it in the garden. Tomatoes, how exciting! My son told me last night that we need more salsa. Increasing our canned amount each year has yet to reach to the next years harvest. Maybe this year…
Yes, I didn’t want to pull off those leaves just yet, they were still so little 😉 But when I put them in the garden I will! Good luck with your tomatoes this year!