[CH] Re: Transplanting Question
Bob Nelson (bnelson@supersolution.com)
Mon, 17 May 1999 09:32:44 -0500
Long time lurker here. Regarding how to transplant chiles and tomatoes: The
grandfather of a friend has been a truck farmer for many years. I stopped
by to see him several years ago, and he had the largest roma tomatoes I
have ever seen. I asked him how he did it, and his response was that he
planted the plants parallel to the ground, rather than deep. He would dig a
trench at the depth you would normally plant the tomato, strip off the
lower sets of leaves, lay the plant in the trench with the roots to the
south of the foliage, and cover. It works (though not as well) for me with
both tomatoes and chiles.
Bob