Stake Bed
Stake Bed
Problems with tomato plants?
I trusted my boyfriend to plant my tomato plants and stake them and take care of them when I had to leave town a couple of months ago. I am home now and the plants are a mess. They are planted in a raised bed that is about two feet high, they were planted way too close together and not staked at all. There are between 15 and 20 plants, they are huge and growing everywhere. Half of them are lying flat hangling over the side of the bed down to the ground. Others are laying on top of each other and squishing the smaller ones. They are almost all covered with tomatoes and I'm not sure how safe it is to try to move them. Also, on almost all of them several of the leaves and stems are turning brown and seem to be falling off. There are also a couple of bell pepper plants buried somewhere under them that I planted before I left town and I cannot find. Is it safe to stake them so late or will it hurt the roots? If not what can I do? Also we are in Tx and its been over 100 a lot lately.
If You Can be very, very carful - you can try staking them a bit. Modify their sprawl, gently, don't try to take them all the way upright if the branches don't willingly go that way.
You might consider removing a few plants just to leave room for the rest.
Or you can let them go as they are - you'll still get 'maters, just maybe not as many.
And next time, be sure to leav very explcit instruction for bf - exactly how many feet/inchs bewteen plants, how deep to drive stakes, etc.!
Good luck!
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