jamie
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Post by jamie on Sept 13, 2011 15:33:43 GMT -5
Hi everyone! I'm in need of some advice! I have a huge healthy tomato plant growing in my back yard! I have no idea where it came from since none of my neighbors grow tomatoes. There are two problems I'm currently facing, one is my horrible black thumb, I can't grow anything, so I've been afraid to tend to this plant because I don't want to kill it! Naturally it's grown to a very large size and is spreading out everywhere. And second it has chosen a terrible place to take root, it is completely blocking the access point for the crawl space under my house. Also I have large dogs that Im trying to protect it from. So here is the deal, I'd love to move it! An ideal situation would to move it to a container and give it some vertical support. It's all good in theory but I don't have a clue how to do it! And there are about 30 green tomatoes on it right now, not sure if that matters in the area of help but that's my situation, thanks in advance!
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nolika
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Post by nolika on Sept 14, 2011 3:48:01 GMT -5
If you try to transplant it it will go through a shock and you will almost certainly loose all the fruits. How about a trellis on the spot?
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jcm05
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Post by jcm05 on Sept 14, 2011 5:05:38 GMT -5
Welcome Jamie. Yeah, you will likely lose the plant if you dig it and move it at this point.
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Post by papito on Sept 14, 2011 16:46:29 GMT -5
Welcome!
It is probably best to leave the tomato plant where it is growing. Just water it whenever the top the inches of the soil is dry. Watering will help free up nutrients from the soil, especially calcium and phosphorous.
If you are worried about damage to the tomato plant from your dog, you might want to consider using tomato cage or chicken wire to enclose the plant.
I do container gardening, but at this time I wouldn't recommend transplanting the tomato plant to a container for reasons stated by other members [nolika and jcm05].
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jamie
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Post by jamie on Sept 14, 2011 22:46:18 GMT -5
Then unfortunately I'm gonna just have to take it out, like I said in my post it's completely blocking the access to the crawl space under the house. Our ducting needs repair and the guy can't get under the house with the tomato plant where it is. Thanks anyway
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