Plant Your Tomatoes Like THIS! #gardening #garden #tomato #gardentips #shorts

[PaulGuerrero-do]

I tried this in early Feb., and I have to say, it worked amazingly, I got so many tomatoes, hundreds of them per plant .

[kennethhopson]

I was doing that in the 1970ss and I have been telling others about it but you are the first one I have seen doing it.

[Hagfan]

I have found it's just as good if you just dig a deeper hole..that way you don't risk breaking the stem.

[ianpatterson]

This is wrong. It causes shallow rooting. Just bury your root ball to the depth of the second leaf node that you trimmed off. Tomatoes like to be planted deep. Your tomatoes will be far more hearty and require far less watering.

[mikefender]

This is great for more shallow soils, but I would recommend the same approach with stripping leaves though burying it deeper. Plants roots grow much easier out than down so you’ll have deep and wide roots sooner and overall by burying the plant deeper down. Plant will need less water and compost because of it

[kylebowman]

Burying them deeper rather than sideways is better in my opinion as you have better water retention deeper than just along the surface.

[edwardbell]

I plan on my tomatoes just like you are and I've been doing that since I've been a kid and I am 75 years old and I'm still planting them that way and they sure do a lot better

[jstoppard]

I am planting as deep as I can, to encourage deeper roots. Which will help access nutrients deeper in the soil. And help withstand dry days of July and August.

[kaseyh]

I couldn’t grow tomatoes for years until a nice lady at the farmers market suggested this same technique. I had a whole jungle worth of tomatoes that year. Been doing it ever since. 😃

[RoseR]

I don’t know about this, the top layer of soil dries out quickly, planting it deeper will help the plant to get water longer

[theadventuresofbrockinthai]

My father-in-law tought me how to do that back in 1976. He always had such beautiful vegetables.

[simpleman]

Last year, I had a tomato plant partially break during a storm. So I pinched off the leaf stems, bent it down and covered with soil. New roots set, the plant was saved and it produced. It didn't produce much unfortunately. I believe that it was due to shock

[TyLovePie]

Fun fact tomatoes actually have tap roots.burrying tomatoes like this actually discourages the tap roots from rooting deeply. It will encourage fiberous root growth instead of tap roots.

[edgargoedhart]

I've done this many times and the result was amazing, vigorous growth and fruitsetting (very large fruits).
I came up with this idea to solve the problem of long stems, caused by the exceeded growing period of grow plants.

[jorgelucero]

Will this not make a really shallow root system that has more of a chance of falling over as opposed to a deep stable root system?

[overyrsexp]

Hey This year I'm using grow bags for my tomatoe and pepper will it work??

[Kuhzander]

If you plant shallow the roots at the surface will constantly need water or they will easily dry out constantly reducing your tomato plant

[ginarivers]

I would like to see pics of this plant throughout its grow season. And do you get fertilize along the trench?

[FloraM]

I've heard recently that adventitious roots don't take up nutrients as well as tap roots, but are good for stability. But they do take a lot of energy out of the plant. I planted mine really deep last year and honestly I think it delayed production while the plants had to re-establish themselves. I'm planting some more shallow this year to see if it changes when I get a first harvest. I also didn't start them so early that I have seedlings the size of his in the video, because smaller plants catch up quickly to larger ones and don't suffer as much from shock

[shadowdemon]

Dig it deeper. The roots will otherwise be to shallow, unable to get as much moisture and nutrients as they would from digging deeper. Furthermore, you will get better use of your garden space by using depth instead of length.