[Market-farming] planting out tomatoes
BillOhio
billohio at gmail.com
Fri May 8 10:56:40 EDT 2009
Roni,
Sometimes when they are planted deep, especially in saturated
conditions, the roots don't get oxygen and the rootball can die. The plant
growth stops until new roots develop along the stem. Planting them sideways
in trenches is also easier and faster. I lay really leggy plants down in a
double-row herringbone pattern with drip tape down the middle and the tops
to the outside.
Bill Huhman
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Roni <murphy05 at windstream.net> wrote:
> We have a native heavy clay soil. It has been amended with compost/manure
> and green manure/cover crops for a couple of years, so it's a little better
> now. Never had a trouble with deep planting yet. What happened to when
> they are planted in heavy clay soil? Is it a water drainage problem or
> something else?
> Also, I'm growing on a smaller scale, only about 80 tomato plants last
> year.
> So they can be babied more than a larger operation.
> Roni
>
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