What to do with these Romas? Can I still seperate these guys when I take them to my garden in like a week or so? I'm definitely gonna try. They got missed when I originally separated the seedlings.
by No_Dogeitty
13 Comments
MzzBlaze
If you flood and wash away most of the dirt you can prob separate
biodiversityrocks
shake the soil off, rinse the roots, detangle
ASecularBuddhist
Separate
nebulouscabal
You don’t need to wash away the dirt. I just rip apart the plants and they always turn out fine.
MisterProfGuy
You should be able to shake them apart easily. You don’t need to be too careful. Plants that size have a reasonably good chance of surviving if you just cut one right at the soil potted it up to the leaves.
I just recently posted about sticking pruned suckers only a little bit bigger than that straight into the terrible dirt in my back yard.
Two weeks later it I potted them up into five gallon bags and they have a a great start on a rootball.
Content-Drive-4151
Separate them. As long as the green side goes up, with a little water, dirt and rooting hormone, you can grow a tomato practically anywhere. They’re basically the vegetable equivalent of English Ivy.
LowLongRU
I’ve separated plants that size. Just take your time, rinse roots, gently separate.
VirtualDifference999
Separate tomatoes are resilient
kmfix
Let them grow together.
aReelProblem
Wash and seperate and slap some bone meal around the new root ball on the soil and let em dig. They’ll be perfectly fine I do this all the time. I put 3-4 seeds in a solo cup and keep the strongest two and seperate.
IndependentPrior5719
Separate
goose_rancher
Kill one. Tomatoes can take a lot of root disturbance but: 1) you originally planted the amount you wanted and 2) you are probably better off not setting either back and getting fruit _sooner_, rather than more fruit later. At least, you will feel this way soon when you start craving the first tomatoes of the year.
Or for something real wacky, try an approach graft.
Maximum_Tomorrow6268
Tear apart, up pot now (planted deep) then wait a couple of weeks to plant outdoors. Use clear solo cup to view roots.
13 Comments
If you flood and wash away most of the dirt you can prob separate
shake the soil off, rinse the roots, detangle
Separate
You don’t need to wash away the dirt. I just rip apart the plants and they always turn out fine.
You should be able to shake them apart easily. You don’t need to be too careful. Plants that size have a reasonably good chance of surviving if you just cut one right at the soil potted it up to the leaves.
I just recently posted about sticking pruned suckers only a little bit bigger than that straight into the terrible dirt in my back yard.
https://preview.redd.it/7cispbus3vxe1.jpeg?width=1848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8aa8d3bfecd4225e3e13471eda58b758fcffe360
Two weeks later it I potted them up into five gallon bags and they have a a great start on a rootball.
Separate them. As long as the green side goes up, with a little water, dirt and rooting hormone, you can grow a tomato practically anywhere. They’re basically the vegetable equivalent of English Ivy.
I’ve separated plants that size. Just take your time, rinse roots, gently separate.
Separate tomatoes are resilient
Let them grow together.
Wash and seperate and slap some bone meal around the new root ball on the soil and let em dig. They’ll be perfectly fine I do this all the time. I put 3-4 seeds in a solo cup and keep the strongest two and seperate.
Separate
Kill one.
Tomatoes can take a lot of root disturbance but:
1) you originally planted the amount you wanted and
2) you are probably better off not setting either back and getting fruit _sooner_, rather than more fruit later. At least, you will feel this way soon when you start craving the first tomatoes of the year.
Or for something real wacky, try an approach graft.
Tear apart, up pot now (planted deep) then wait a couple of weeks to plant outdoors. Use clear solo cup to view roots.