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[Tomato Dirt #121] Avoid These 10 Deadly Tomato Transplanting Mistakes
March 30, 2017

Tomato Dirt Newsletter
Volume 7, Number 5

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FEATURE: Avoid These 10 Deadly Tomato Transplanting Mistakes


It’s all well and good to grow healthy tomato seedlings. But deadly tomato transplanting mistakes can cost you the entire crop. Here’s the dirt on the biggest tomato transplanting mistakes to avoid.

Mistake #1: Ignoring the forecast
Even if it’s past your last frost date, check the 10-day weather projections. Cold evenings or a series of rainy days are not good for newly-planted tomatoes.

Mistake #2: Breaking the roots
Overwatered seedling root systems have a tendency to break. Moisten soil only lightly before planting tomatoes, but be sure not to overwater. Then carefully remove seedlings from cups or cells. Heavily-moistened soil will fall away from roots, damaging them. If a plant is root-bound, gently work to loosen the ball and spread roots out ...

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Gear Up For Healthy Transplanting

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Tomato Tone and other tomato fertilizers It’s good to be a drip! Soaker hoses for tomatoes Dig it: garden trowels from Fiskars and others

More About Transplanting Tomatoes

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That’s it for now. More next time.

Until then, happy gardening!




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