You can't spell TOMATOES without TOM.
If you're looking to plant tomatoes in your garden this year, Tom Kasper has a few pointers. If you're noticing one side of your tomatoes looking good, but the other side looking almost rotten, it might be an issue of watering. Tomatoes do require quite a bit of hydration.
Additionally, if you find yourself with a rather long tomato plant, plenty of that length can be buried. This will not only help with space management, but with more of the plant under the soil, more nutrients will be taken in to improve your crop. Either burying the plant straight down (with about 6 inches still above ground) or digging a sort of trench and tipping the plant can be effective.
Also, for tomatoes and other plants that you might have been nursing indoors for the past weeks, it will be important to acclimate the plants to the outdoors. Getting them progressively more sunshine for 3-4 days ahead of moving them outside full-time will help them transition to the new environment.
Tips for Hardy Gardeners can be heard every other Tuesday morning on Northland Morning.
