When trenching your tomatoes ...

Tomstrees · April 28, 2006

When using the treching method,
or even repotting your tomatoes,
is it ok if there are some are leaves
under the dirt ?

Should lower leaves be removed a week
before this happens ? To possibly prevent
infection of an "open" wound ?

Thanks, Tom

KCMO_Don · April 28, 2006

Tom,

When "trenching" it really doesn't matter.
If you burry the leaves they will just rot off... no biggie.
I actually pinch my leaves a few days before planting in order to allow a "scab" to form.
That's just me.

Dunkel · April 28, 2006

Tom what Don recommends is correct. IMHO It would be better to pinch the leaves off right before burying, than letting them rot in the ground. Of course pinching the leaves off a few days ahead would be better still.

April 28, 2006	#1
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	When trenching your tomatoes ... When using the treching method, or even repotting your tomatoes, is it ok if there are some are leaves under the dirt ? Should lower leaves be removed a week before this happens ? To possibly prevent infection of an "open" wound ? Thanks, Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

April 28, 2006	#2
KCMO_Don Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: KANSAS Posts: 223	Tom, When "trenching" it really doesn't matter. If you burry the leaves they will just rot off... no biggie. I actually pinch my leaves a few days before planting in order to allow a "scab" to form. That's just me. __________________ GIGGITY - GIGGITY

April 28, 2006	#3
Dunkel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: West By God Virginia Posts: 245	Tom what Don recommends is correct. IMHO It would be better to pinch the leaves off right before burying, than letting them rot in the ground. Of course pinching the leaves off a few days ahead would be better still. __________________ I plant... Therefore I am. - Dunkel What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds. - Will Rogers