Opinion on bigger plants

Thomas · January 17, 2008

Until last year I put out 6-8 week old tomato plants. They did fine..but then I started thinking about how much better my plants might do with a larger root system. Well..the only way I could think of getting deeper roots would be to start seeds early, snip off the branches leaving a couple sets of leaves on at planting. Well I did this last year and there was a big difference in my plants. They set earlier, were more healthy, and got BIG.

Does anyone else like to set out there plants this way? 12-15 wk old plants?

January 17, 2008	#1
Thomas Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 180	Opinion on bigger plants Until last year I put out 6-8 week old tomato plants. They did fine..but then I started thinking about how much better my plants might do with a larger root system. Well..the only way I could think of getting deeper roots would be to start seeds early, snip off the branches leaving a couple sets of leaves on at planting. Well I did this last year and there was a big difference in my plants. They set earlier, were more healthy, and got BIG. Does anyone else like to set out there plants this way? 12-15 wk old plants?