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Rake off the old mulch, (the previous crop was mini corn) then spread new compost over the garden bed about 50mm (2'') high, give a good soak. Then cover over with mulch, such as dried out grass clippings also around 50mm high |
Hammer in the stakes before planting, dig in the compost around the stakes (150mm (6") diameter, 200mm (8") deep), with a small garden fork |
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| Pinch off the bottom leaves, bury 3/4s of the seedling,this way the tomato seedling will grow more roots up the stem | Water in well, a good soak then mulch, looking a bit sad as I planted these guys in the middle of the day, that's really a no no! |
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| Then cover up with pots. Or if you are like me and you remember a week later that you had covered up the tomato seedlings with pots the previous weekend and now they are dead.) you should try this.Prune a shrub with lots of leaves,then stick the cuttings in the ground around the seedlings so to shade them. By the time the leaves have fallen off the cuttings, the seedlings will be well over the shock of transplanting and hardened off from the sun. Watch them grow | |