How to Plant and Grow Abundant Organic Tomatoes

Growing organic tomatoes is very rewarding. Here are some easy tips on how to get an abundant crop. Your neighbors will be green with envy.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Tomato plants
• Fish emulsion (liquid fish)
• Garden trowel
• Water Bucket

1. Choose an area of your property that gets at least 6 hours of direct sunlight.

2. Make sure your planting area has loose or well-tilled soil.

3. Use your garden trowel to dig a hole approximately 6 inches deep and 6 inches wide.

4. Mix liquid fish emulsion according to directions on bottle into your bucket.

5. Remove tomato plant from plastic growing container. Place in hole and add your mixture of fish emulsion and water. Add just enough to make your plant float.

6. Pull soil from sides into hole and gently press to allow good soil contact.

7. Water your tomatoes every other day for the first week.

8. Once a week for the first 3 weeks apply a quart of the fish emulsion and water mixture to each plant. Be sure to pour mixture over the entire plant as fish emulsion is a foliar feed. Remember, this is in addition to your regular watering schedule.

9. 

   Stand back and watch your plants jump towards the sky. This process is well-tested and can easily produce 150 pounds of tomatoes from 10 plants.

Tips & Warnings

• Keep soil moist until plants are established
• When the vines start to look furry, you know the plants are healthy and becoming established.
• Plant tomato plants on cloudy days or evenings. Avoid planting in the heat of the afternoon.