Planting Tomatoes - A Quick Tip

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For planting tomatoes in a trench, or sideways, this is a helpful tip. It was suggested by someone who commented on one of my videos last year (alan30189). When laying tomato plants in a trench, it's not easy to get the tip of the plant up off the ground. However, as was suggested, if you lay the plant on it's side for a day or two prior to planting, it will go ahead and turn up. This will create a 90 degree bend in the stem, allowing you to then put the plant into a trench with no fear of breaking the stem or having the leaves laying on the ground. This tip worked out very well.

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i kept a tomato plant from this year's garden. when it stopped producing because of the season changing, i cut off the top part and repotted it. i'm growing it indoors now. however, it is not producing any tomatos - just making a long lanky stem with very few bulbs for fruit. i am thinking about letting it create a really long stem and burying the thing like you did in this video when spring comes back around. would be interesting to see how well it produces given [1] that it's a tomato plant from the previous year, and [2] such a large portion of the plant would be rooting in the soil.

Wow. What an awesome tip! I just started in this hobby, so it's still a learning process. Thank you very much

Amazing tip. Thanks so much. :D

How can you do that

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man i wish i saw this video a day sooner. just last night i got the urge to transplant my lanky tomato stems and wound up breaking two stems. trying to salvage them in a glass on water on the window sill. they look ok so far but well see. problem is i live in the city and no back yard so im doing all my gardening in a raised bed ive made on my deck. this is the first time im trying tomatoes. for three years i just been planting various peppers and squash.

Too bad I did not see that a week ago! My gorgeous Roma tomatoes had to wait too long in tje greenhouse befor their bed was ready. They were a

Wow, never heard of that before. Sounds like it's worth trying. Thanks!

You are a blessing sir. A BLESSING! Thank you so much for all the education and kindness

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Love the youtube community. Appreciate you passing that tidbit along. Really enjoy your videos. Planning an aquaponics greenhouse but borrowing heavy from your videos. Hope all is well with you this year. just curious what does the m in mhpgardner represent. you may have posted in another video but I have not seen and I have watched and liked many. Thanks again for the education.

Thanks for sharing your gardening knowledge with us all. Good video.

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why are you planting the tomatoes in a trench? I never saw that before, if my plants are as tall as the ones in the video, I plant them deep straight up. Is that wrong, I always planted them like that, so I learned something new, thanks

can u super crop tomatoes where u basically snap the plant n tape the wound and it forms a knuckle at the wound?

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Your videos are helpful and you are a grateful man. It is very refreshing to see a man of the lord teach how to garden. Keep up the good work! God Bless!

Great for lanky plants