How To Transplant Tomatoes And Peppers So They EXPLODE With Growth!

In this video, I share how to transplant tomatoes and peppers so they explode with growth! I show you every step of the process of transplanting tomatoes and transplanting peppers in detail so you have the most successful vegetable garden ever, including how to fertilize and support the plants so they produce tons of fruit!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Tomato And Pepper Plant Size
1:25 Step #1: Prep Plants For Transplanting
3:29 Step #2: Prepare Fertilizer Blend
5:20 Step #3: Layout & Container Sizing
6:15 Step #4.1: Planting Tomatoes In Containers
8:38 Step #4.2: Planting Tomatoes In Ground
9:55 Step #4.3: Planting Peppers
10:55 How Far To Space Transplants
11:57 Step #5: Watering Transplants
12:33 Step #6: Compost And Mulch
15:42 Step #7: Fertilizing Tomatoes & Peppers
19:03 Step #8: Supporting Plants (Trellising)
23:03 Adventures With Dale

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[TheMillennialGardener]

If you enjoyed this video, please “Like” and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching😀TIMESTAMPS for convenience:
0:00 Tomato And Pepper Plant Size
1:25 Step #1: Prep Plants For Transplanting
3:29 Step #2: Prepare Fertilizer Blend
5:20 Step #3: Layout & Container Sizing
6:15 Step #4.1: Planting Tomatoes In Containers
8:38 Step #4.2: Planting Tomatoes In Ground
9:55 Step #4.3: Planting Peppers
10:55 How Far To Space Transplants
11:57 Step #5: Watering Transplants
12:33 Step #6: Compost And Mulch
15:42 Step #7: Fertilizing Tomatoes & Peppers
19:03 Step #8: Supporting Plants (Trellising)
23:03 Adventures With Dale

[jeannamcgregor]

My best tomato transplants this year are the pots where l dug deep and dropped a trowel-full of worm compost (with worms) right under the tomato and amended with compost and chicken manure. Last year the same varieties in the same pots were spindly and this year they are deep green, stocky, and bushy. I'm doing this much more often from now on! 💚

[karenfrankland]

Gardening my entire life 50plus years and have never used any store bought fertilizers. All our tomatoes get planted a good foot deep with a crushed duck or chicken egg, crushed egg shells and some homemade bone meal. Sometimes if we go fishing we drop a fish head in the base. All the garden beds and containers have lots of organic material and homemade compost. Hoping to break our record of a 2 1/2lb beefsteak this year.

[valoriegriego]

Wow, this really is a complete transplanting guide.👍
MG, you should try growing 2 pepper plants in one hole. Folks seem to have great results doing so.🙂
Thanks for all your hard work to help us become better gardeners!👍💕
Dad jokes!😄 "Hey" sweet Dale!🐕💕

[mrmycophile]

Thank you for everything you do! Your channel is the most helpful YouTube channel I’ve ever came across!!!

[TaxDebtBae]

I set up my very first raised garden bed today after watching you and a few other of my favorites! I’m so excited. Did basil, 2 tomato plants, thyme, and bell peppers

[laddieokelley]

Have you ever planted leggy tomato starts almost horizontally after removing the lower leaves as you demonstrate? The stem is completely covered with soil and the flush of true leaves at the top is directed upward. When I do this, I usually cover the transplant with an open one-gallon vegetable/fruit can or open one-gallon milk or water jug until the plant shows strong growth upward. This offers some protection in wind to new transplants.

[jeremythebeer]

Bro, you rock. I'm in Ontario and have some Beefsteaks, Hungarian Peppers, Jalapenos and green & yellow beans about to go. I have no clue what I'm doing, but your channel helps and is encouraging!

[blob]

A trick I have done very successfully when my tomatoes get that lanky is lay the pot on it's side outdoors for a few days or even a week and the tip of the plant will turn upwards. Then dig a trench instead of a hole and plant the tomato that way. As noted in the video, strip all leaves that will be buried.

[stevenjustice]

My new favorite YT channel. Good, and timely advice. Thanks!

[richardbaer]

73 years old and apparently never to old to learn new tricks.Much of your advice were practices I have done for decades. But many new things for me to try this season. Have downsized my garden as it is now just my wife and me at home. (but if you have kids or grandkids, you know that situation could change in a heartbeat !). I have purchased raised beds and watched your videos on how best to utilize them. And your fertilizing tips, esp the liquid instant acting fish fertilizer tip are all something I will incorporate into my routine this year. Thanks for clear concise explanations for all steps. You have a new loyal follower for as long aa this" determinate" old guy can continue to work in the garden. ATTENTION POTENTIAL SPONSORS: This guy is the real deal !

[mikki_s]

Thank you! Perfectly timed for my tomatoes, awesome video!

[JS-jlyj]

Thank you for all the details. Last night it was freezing in Southern Ontario, Canada. I had to bring all my seedlings inside the house for one more time. According to the the weather forecast, we should have no frost for the next 2 weeks. But I am not holding my breath. I have my indeterminate tomatoes in 750 ml yogurt containers. The plants are already 12" tall and they are touching the A-shaped roof of my cold frame. Today, I decided to excavate about 6# layer of soil to lower the floor of the cold frame to give my tomatoes some head room. I usually transplant them into the ground the 3rd weekend in May. I hope that this year, I might be able to do it by Mother's Day. One of my pepper plants already started to bloom. This spring, I bought heating pads to help with seed germination. That's probably the reason why my tomato and pepper plants are so far ahead of my normal schedule. I think that next year, I will have to start germinating seeds at least 2 weeks later than I did this year.

[Sweettomatovine]

I have tried planting peppers less than a foot apart and they support each other and grow well. Thanks for sharing your experience ❤😊💚

[PattymacMakes]

Thanks for the tip on the shellfish fertilizer! I’m renting a plot at a community garden and found when I cleaned my beds at the end of the season, the roots of plants in one area suffered from nematodes. A farmer here recommended marigolds so I am putting them out as well. I’m so anxious to plant my starts but it’s been too cold here! I’m in 8b, southeast Virginia. Thanks for a timely and informative video!

[wassomebody]

I like the extensive use of quality landscaping fabric that you are using. It greatly reduces weeding, and heats the soil. I use it here in central Minnesota for my rows of tomatoes, peppers, and peonies. It makes the whole garden much less stressful and looks organized. I am sold on black landscaping fabric!

[peacepeaceful]

Everytime I see a garden vid the starts and cells/pots are all different sizes. Even my wife and I differ on what size pots to use..😊

[njagatlin]

Your video is perfect timing for me. I have tomato and pepper plants in dire need of transplanting. This weekend, I planned to put them in the ground since I had been hardening them off for two weeks. This is my second year of summer gardening. I didn't have any success last summer. It's past my last frost date in Georgia, but the unexpected cold nights made me cautious to put anything out. My tomato plants look like yours. You're showing them put me at ease that I can still expect success if I take similar steps. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[LorLor-kpsc]

I used your method of adding bone meal to my tomatoes last year, and had the best year ever for my tomato plants! Thank you for your advice. Great video

[courtneycullen]

This is my 20th year gardening and specifically, growing my own tomatoes. I missed a few years in there because of work, but I'm pretty sure I'm about to plant tomatoes everywhere. I am very partial to grow bags in dappled sun, but I'm pretty sure I'll be planting some in my cottage garden again this year.