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(bryan) · June 18, 2010

My family has been growing tomatoes for many years. I am a second year vegetable gardner and I love to try new things. I started 4 plants on the dge of my pumpkin pach, when i transplanted them I laid them down horizontally and buried as much of the main stem as I could. Knowing that tomato palnts can reroot along the stem I figured this would be beneficial. I was just wondering if any on has ever tried this before.

one plant is 4 feet long now and the others are 3 feet long. I keep pinning them down with bamboo stakes and burying the main. as I bury I add Mycorhizzal fungi, kelp meal, humic acid, and azomite around the stem to help nourish the new roots. The plants are green as can be. I have not ben picking the suckers off but letting them grow out. there are blossoms evrywhere now and the root system is extensive. I only know this because all the rain we have had some soil got washed away and I saw the roots extending off the stem.

June 18, 2010	#1
(bryan) Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Gloucester, Ma Posts: 18	Burying Tomato plant's main stem horizontally My family has been growing tomatoes for many years. I am a second year vegetable gardner and I love to try new things. I started 4 plants on the dge of my pumpkin pach, when i transplanted them I laid them down horizontally and buried as much of the main stem as I could. Knowing that tomato palnts can reroot along the stem I figured this would be beneficial. I was just wondering if any on has ever tried this before. one plant is 4 feet long now and the others are 3 feet long. I keep pinning them down with bamboo stakes and burying the main. as I bury I add Mycorhizzal fungi, kelp meal, humic acid, and azomite around the stem to help nourish the new roots. The plants are green as can be. I have not ben picking the suckers off but letting them grow out. there are blossoms evrywhere now and the root system is extensive. I only know this because all the rain we have had some soil got washed away and I saw the roots extending off the stem.