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Much love from Appalachia Kentucky.
I like this method. The issue with deep planting is the soil temp is colder so it impedes the growth. If you tip your seedlings on their side a couple weeks before planting they will curve up on their own slowly, less stress and chance of breaking. Discovered this by chance 😂.
Very wonderful, your garden is larger than mine!
If you are rushing to plant your tomatoes as soon as soil temperature allows, don't forget that a distance down the soil is still cold. Putting the root ball down into this cold soil will tend to stall the plant development!
My tomato plants went into the ground on Aril 7th. They are the happiest tomato plants I've ever seen, standing over six feet tall, filled out like trees, loaded with fruit, and still flowering. I'm expecting my first tomatos of the season any day.
Been doing this for years, so many tomatoes every year I can’t give them all away and huge plants that last the year.
Great info , I'm going to try both ways , thanks …
This isn't true. The hairs don't turn into roots, it's the little bumps. Those also are called adventitious roots and they're grown in stress.
I'm testing traditional planting and doing the deep planting currently. My traditional tomatoes are way further along than I've ever had planting deep.
I've always planted my tomato plants deep. That is until I moved to a cold climate with a short season. Planting deep is best when you live in a warm/hot climate, so that they can get to the water deeper down without that much problems or, us having to constantly water.
Now, that I live in northern Scandinavia and before that, about 5 yrs. in mid BC Canada. Both countries have a very short growing season. When I planted deep, it would take forever for the tomato plants to bear fruit. Spent 3 seasons only getting small green tomatoes. Was told that due to our short, cold and quite wet climate we need to plant more shallow. Reason being that when planting more shallow, the plant doesn't have to concentrate on setting new roots along the stem but, can instead right away, put it's energy to bearing fruit. Since then, I've been able to actually harvest tons of ripe tomatoes.
I have always planted deep/slanted, but "Gardening in Canada" recently put out a video on how it may delay and reduce yield, so this year I tried each on different plants. Curious to see the outcome.
I imagine it comes down to growing season length, but mine isnt the longest here in MA
at harvest time when you pull plants out, double check, and take pictures to see if roots do get made
We have been planting our tomatoes in trenches for decades. It yields a much healthier plant, especially where we live close to the ocean in Southern California where blight is a huge problem. They live much longer and produce more tomatoes than my neighbor's tomatoes. He is still planting the traditional way (deep hole). His tomatoes die of blight months before ours are overcome.
Thank you, Luke. 😊
I love tomatoes! Especially cherry varieties.
I would also like info on sunflowers that actually bear edible seeds. I am moving to Colorado, next year, and I know it is possible to grow there. My son is also a subscriber to your channel, living near Denver. I have never seen, or asked him about 🌻 for his area. Any suggestions?
That's amazing advice for planting tomatoes. I tried one and I will do more. Thanks Luke!
I've been planting my tomatoes this way for years.The stalks are usually about the same thickness as corn stalks!….works GREAT!
I've planted tomatoes this way for years. One simple thing to do… Is to always place the roots in the same direction. That way if you hoe would don't cut through the stems also it will to make it easier on where to fertilize. Happy Planting! 😊
They will grow roots on the stem but the hairs are Trichomes and help the plant defend itself against disease, pests and weather amongst other things the undifferentiated cells grow the roots.
When you are burying deep, do you prune the first flower truss when it is close to the ground?
Lots of good points – where the root ball is, where the nutrients should go, where the stake should go. Thank you!
I tried this and my tomatoes are growing great so far! Thanks for the tips.
Luke is correct. Plant side ways the plant will straighten up toward the sun .
Good morning! 😊
Garlic video please @MIgardener-Luke, with the hot temps in Michigan all my cold weather plants bolted/flowered !
Would like to know the effect of biochar on tomato plants and watering tomatoes with stinging nettle tea.
Just lay the container on its side for a day and the plant tip will naturally grow upwards – if you do it that way less chance of cracking the stem
I have very sandy soil that drains very well, so well in fact I have to mulch it heavily or a drains too well. So when I plant my tomatoes I just go super deep since anything near the surface is going to drain out as fast as anywhere else near the surface.
Thanks for sharing this video Luke. Have a great day! 🍅
Too late, already planted mine, darn it…
This keeps the majority of roots near the surface, which means you'll need to water pretty much all the time to keep the plants thriving. Deep planting with proper mulching, by contrast, allows you to water far less often, if needed at all.
Whether or not you should break off the lower branches depends on your conditions. A few years ago I broke off all the lower branches from my tomato seedlings, but this created open wounds that allowed infection right into the stem. I lost half my tomatoes. Since they were bent in half, I assumed it was cutworms, but it turns out we don't have those. Since then I've gotten better results just burying the lower branches and letting the plant shed those on its own. This won't be the case for all climates and soil conditions, so try different methods to see which works best.
I've been doing it like that as well. Now I've seen another video that's mentioned in some comments here already so I'm trying out both ways. I'll keep you updated.
So u say right soil i have potting soil manure and peatmoss and trifecta but my soil looks dry nothing like yours
Someone is telling me that turmeric is good for tomatoes as it help’s against blight. What do you think?
The deer just ate two of my 4 tomato plants.
Thank you Luke
I'm definitely trying trench method next year, if I plant tomatoes! ❤
Don’t do this. If you play like this, you are encouraging an extremely shallow root system as the main root ball is just inches from the surface. In the height of Summer, you may have to water everyday or even twice a day depending on where you live. Plant deep, and use mulch. You’ll never have to water your tomatoes again!
I did that method last year and it worked really well! 😄
I've never tried this but will now! I have two types of cherry tomatoes that have gotten quite tall before I had a chance to plant them in the ground. It will be interesting to see what happens!
Think you forgot to take the first take out of your video. Just repeated yourself in the first few mins. Fyi.
Virginia here. Been using both methods 20+ years. Both methods work great. Horizontal planting is great when you come across long leggy plants that you can't resist buying late in the season.
thank you for telling us how to fertilize the plant that you furrowed. i furrowed this year but didn't think about how to fertilize!
A baby bunny ate my tomatoes to about an inch above the soil. Will the tomato plants come back? I'm not too happy. AND – is it too late to start seedlings? I live in NE Indiana.
i actually had to use the trenching method on a cherry tomato plant this year–a very sad looking cherry tomato plant, mind you, it had gone a bit pale green and had dropped all but the very top leaves, so i figured this one would be a perfect candidate for planting that way. A few weeks later it's greened up and has absolutely taken off and now you cant even tell there was anything wrong with it to begin with, i've even got some blooms coming up on it that are about to open.