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Plant now.

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  • If tomatoes grow a bit leggy, I plant them deeper.

    I do that, too :T They then make more roots coming out from the side of the stem that's underground, so they're better anchored, and have more roots to search out nutrients and water :j

    Penny. x
    :rudolf: Sheep, pigs, hens and bees on our Teesdale smallholding :rudolf:
  • Tomatoes: yes, I have planted them deeper too, and the same with rather leggy sweet corn seedlings, which also send out extra roots sideways. I have read that it can also be good to bury surplus tomato plant stems horizontally underground, which might help in grobags.
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