[daniel1212]

I believe that you should repot seedlings into a larger pot anyway, the second potting and resulting growth makes for a stronger plant with a well developed root system when you put it into the ground. All that “too tall” stem would be put under soil in the second potting and it would develop roots itself.

That is sound. I should've saved more quart containers,

[ansel12]

Time it right and one can be raising some pretty good plants during the last months of winter and have very large tomato plants ready to put into the ground when it warms, I think it is best to time it to where the plant is not producing a tomato yet when it is put into the ground though, which they will do if the planting is delayed.

Indoor plants need to be hardened a little before put into the ground also, so that they can build up a little resistance to the direct sun and to wind, being sent straight to a full day of sun can sunburn them.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Daniel. I do not recall if you already do this, but when you plant, consider not planting them vertically, dig in your fertilizer, consider making a bit of a trench, and lay them down at a 45 degree angle. It sounds like you will have a lot of stem. The stem will produce additional roots over a larger area for a more vigorous plant. Here is some more info on this.

He says that you can there is no one Right method, but his "Trench" method produces more roots. Doing this 45 degrees is a modified Trench method that can produce good results.

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