I am moving and have had a tomato plant come up in my front yard for the past 3 years. My mother says it is called a "Tommy Tomato". Itty- Bitty tomatoes and takes a lot of my front flower garden space. A wonderful bird must have dropped over some left-over tomato seeds for my plant to grow.
Anyway, We are moving soon and I want to know how to take this plant with me? It just started growing for year. Can anyone tell me how to replant this plant in our new house?? FYI, I am almost gardening stonedumb.
Hardiness Zone: 8a
Thanks for your help!
Kellee from Texas
Kellee,
The main thing to keep in mind while moving your tomato plant is trying to reduce the amount of transplant stress you put it through as much as possible. One way to do this is to water the soil thoroughly in the afternoon, and then pot it up, transport and replant later that that same evening, preferably around dusk. That way it will have the entire night to settle in before enduring the heat of the sun the next day. If it's raining out when you transplant, so much the better. As gently as possible, dig around the plant at least as wide as the tips of the outer leaves and 6-8 inches down, keeping as much of root soil intact as possible.
Once you get the tomato plant to your new home, set it in the hole, fill it in with soil, and water it thoroughly with tepid water.
Ellen
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You should be able to dig it up, pot it and transplant it at your new place. Tomatoes are pretty hardy. Just keep it watered and in light sunlight until you replant it in a sunny location.
Usually tomato plants are very hardy. They transplant easily. When you plant it in it's new home bury the stem a few inches (if possible) deeper than it was previously.
I'd move it LATE in the evening, then keep a patio
umbrella over it and between it and the hot sun, until it has had a chance to recouperate from the transplant shock, perhaps even two weeks. Remember to companion-plant a Basil plant (or three) all around it to discourage the pests that attack it, AND remember to both plant a WHOLE egg in the hole prior to planting AND add crushed egg shells all around it as you fill in with compost and soil. Stake it to eliminate ALL stress, water deeply(about 15 min.) only around roots about two times/week, AND check DAILY for any yellowing leaves, caterpillars, spider mites, virus, etc. CUTTING, NOT PULLING and tossing them, washing hands prior to touching plant again. Wrapping the main stem in waxed paper folded double moderately tightly about three-four inches up burying one inch in soil will discourage creeping pests. Spraying blossoms with "tomato set" helps in production. Filling a one liter washed plastic jug(top cut off, four holes poked into bottom with ice pick and set beside each tomato plant) 1/2 full of organic compost and 1/2 with water promises good fertilizer substitute.
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