How to Plant Roma Tomatoes
- 1). Remove all weeds, sod and plant debris from your planting area. Get rid of all the large rocks, sticks and trash.
- 2). Loosen the soil by cultivating the planting area with a rototiller. Make sure the soil is dry or it will clump together and clog the machine.
- 3). Spread three pounds of complete fertilizer on every 100 square feet of your growing area two weeks before planting. Work the fertilizer into the soil to the depth of 12 inches.
- 4). Dig a hole the same depth as the first two real leaves on your seedling. Tomatoes develop roots along their stem, so they can be planted deeper than other plants. Remove the tomato plant from container and set it into your hole. Water the seedling thoroughly.
- 5). Place a tomato cage around your seedling. Staking your Roma tomato plant is done now so you do not disturb the roots later.
- 6). Spread clean straw around the newly planted Roma tomato seedling. This mulch will preserve soil moisture and reduce weed growth. Plant the rest of the tomato plants 2 feet apart with rows 2 to 3 feet apart.
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