Planting Tomato and Pepper Plants
Tonight we planted all of the tomatoes and pepper
plants into the full sun garden lot next to our house.... The tomato plants
were really starting to outgrow their small pots and they were starting to get
lanky from lack of sun light.
...For the tomatoes we took some old 4 inch flooring boards, cut a tip at the end of each board, and pounded them about a foot into the ground 8 feet apart.... As the plants grow, we will continue this procedure up the stakes at 6 to 12 inch intervals until the plants stop growing, we run out of stake, or the season ends.
...For the tomatoes we took some old 4 inch flooring boards, cut a tip at the end of each board, and pounded them about a foot into the ground 8 feet apart.... As the plants grow, we will continue this procedure up the stakes at 6 to 12 inch intervals until the plants stop growing, we run out of stake, or the season ends.
Tonight we planted all of the tomatoes and pepper
plants into the full sun garden lot next to our house. We had about 20 each of
the Brandywine and the Golden Cherry tomato and 12 sweet pepper transplants.
The tomato plants were really starting to outgrow their small pots and they were
starting to get lanky from lack of sun light. The peppers were in the perfect
condition to plant; about 6 inches tall and dark
green.
Because the tomatoes were so large when we planted them out, we were able to bury their roots quite deep. This should help when it get dry this summer because their root system will be in moister soil for longer. Tomatoes will sprout new roots from their stem when they are buried. After everything was planted, we trellised the plants. For the tomatoes we took some old 4 inch flooring boards, cut a tip at the end of each board, and pounded them about a foot into the ground 8 feet apart. To finish the trellis we wrapped Johnny's Select Seeds nylon twine around each stake in each direction capturing the plants between the twine. As the plants grow, we will continue this procedure up the stakes at 6 to 12 inch intervals until the plants stop growing, we run out of stake, or the season ends. We finished the planting by pruning the bottom branches of each tomato plant.
We planted the sweet pepper plants up to the bottom leaves at about one foot intervals. We staked each plant individually with a green tomato stake and a loosely tied twist tie. As the grow we will add more twist ties. So far all of the transplants look great. We look forward to seeing the fruit these plants create.
Because the tomatoes were so large when we planted them out, we were able to bury their roots quite deep. This should help when it get dry this summer because their root system will be in moister soil for longer. Tomatoes will sprout new roots from their stem when they are buried. After everything was planted, we trellised the plants. For the tomatoes we took some old 4 inch flooring boards, cut a tip at the end of each board, and pounded them about a foot into the ground 8 feet apart. To finish the trellis we wrapped Johnny's Select Seeds nylon twine around each stake in each direction capturing the plants between the twine. As the plants grow, we will continue this procedure up the stakes at 6 to 12 inch intervals until the plants stop growing, we run out of stake, or the season ends. We finished the planting by pruning the bottom branches of each tomato plant.
We planted the sweet pepper plants up to the bottom leaves at about one foot intervals. We staked each plant individually with a green tomato stake and a loosely tied twist tie. As the grow we will add more twist ties. So far all of the transplants look great. We look forward to seeing the fruit these plants create.
Posted: Fri - May 28, 2004 at 09:36 PM
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