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Sun, Jul 21, 13 at 9:31
| My neighbour gave us around 20 tomato seedlings - they were on the verge of death when she gave them to us. Apparently they weren't growing at all for her so my husband put them in our very small raised bed to see what would happen. Well, as things go, they loved it and are thriving, but we can't keep them all in there. I should have done something a couple of weeks ago and some have started flowering, some are not quite there yet. Is it too late to thin them out and give them away? |
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| I'd have a go at digging them out. Could you take out every other one? Then I would relocate, shade them, and keep them well-watered. An alternative would be to take some cuttings and root in water, although that would slow them down a lot. Something to think about though for any that you might damage. Tomato cuttings root really quickly in water. Good luck! |
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| I had good luck this year transplanting tomatoes that were growing too close together. They grow like weeds here. |
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| Never too late to transplant if you can take a large rootball with it, IMHO. The neigbor just moved some of his large container tomatoes into the ground. Then the deer ate all these whole plants! |
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| OK, I moved plants around and gave most of them away and they all survived. Yay. Thanks everyone! And @robertz6 - so sorry about those plants! |
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