Trench Method for Planting Tomatoes

Tomatoes will root along their stem if it is under the ground. Alainia Hagerty, owner of Tomato Baby Company, shows how to plant tomatoes to take advantage of this and get more roots. Instead of planting with the plant standing upright, she shows how to plant with the plant laying down. After watering she loosens the soil and creates a shallow sloping trench. She puts the plant in the trench with the roots at the bottom and turns up the top of the plant. She also shows how to trim tomato leaves to keep them from getting into the dirt when they are watered.

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