Trench Knife Scabbard

Sunday, 19 October 2008 06:02 Last Updated on Sunday, 19 October 2008 06:02 Written by Hoboken 0 Comments

Transplanting the tomatoes outside, is the main step, after carefully grown indoors for several weeks, and after soaking the plants is the beginning of a healthy harvest. The plants need to be hardened before transplanted, and the transplanting date should be a cloudy day or in the late afternoon if possible.

A careful planification of a transplanting date, will require to make sure all the ingredients are present, water, fertilizer, prepared soil and of course the right location. tomatoes need a sunny location, enough fertilizer and water at the time of transplanting. Protecting them from cutworms can be done right before transplanting them, by carefully placing a newspaper collar around the stem of the plants, this way the insects wont be able to chew the fragile stem.

The whole procedure should be done quick to ensure the lest shock exposure to the plant. When all of this is ready, all what is left is to proceed with the trench planting technique, for this is needed to lay the whole plant, up to the top leaves, in to a shallow trench horizontally.

This procedure will help the plant develop more roots, allowing more moisture nutrients to go in the plant's system ensuring a quicker start. Other advantages for the plant with this system is that it would be easier for the plant to warm up as the roots are closer to the ground.

After digging the trench, add some fertilizer and cover this with some soil, carefully remove the tomato plant from it's original planter or tray, set the newspaper collar, cut some of the lower leaves leaving the stronger leaves on the top, and lay the plant horizontally on the trench. Cover quickly with rest of soil, tie the top part of the plant to a wooden support and water immediately.

For tomatoes, bare soil for root cover is enough, as opposed to covering that soil with mulch, mulch prevents the sun rays from going in the soil and plant roots, and tomato plants need that direct sun exposure. Trenching encourages the top leaves and stems to produce fruit, so the first fruits seeing after trench transplanting would be located near the cluster of eaves left showing at the time of transplantation. This means extra harvest quantity making the harvest season a bit longer. The plants can be spaced by 16 or 20 inches apart or closer if they will be staked.

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