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Hamilton Nj

just wondering how deep we all bury our tomato plants i usually do a foot but thinking of trying a foot and a half this year for extra roots??? trying to get over the 3 pound mark,lol would love to break the nj state record its at 6 lbs.

1/8/2017 7:52:53 PM

Wixom MI.

my plants are only 3"-4" tall when i plant them so planting them 12"-18" deep they would no longer exist !!! LOL..:O)
I plant them right at the cot leaf or maybe to the first leaf. i never saw any advantage by going any deeper than that ?

1/8/2017 8:10:30 PM

Buffalo, MN (Billsbigpumpkins@hotmail.com)

Pete, there are several ways to do this if you have large plants or tall spindly ones. Get your soil in shape and loose to at least a foot deep several feet in circumference for each plant. Then you can dig a trench and lay them in. You can try what you are suggesting but from what I have witnessed planting them deep did not make more roots. It did produce some roots from the soil level to about four inches down and the area a foot deep did not produce much for roots. But I suggest you try every way you can think to improve your results. Good luck

1/8/2017 10:34:07 PM

Bloomington Indiana

I plant mine in a trench 12"-18" long and get lots of roots.

1/8/2017 11:32:43 PM

Central NY

Brown on the bottom, green on top...

1/9/2017 6:33:20 AM

Hamilton Nj

Okay, thanks everyone i might try the trench i say i wont start early but every year i do lol

1/9/2017 11:56:07 AM