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1.5K views · 11K reactions | Follow @your_growfriend for more amazing plant care tips and tricks!🌿 How I Plant Tomatoes! 🍅🌱 It’s an exciting day! I can finally plant my tomatoes and the many companion plants I interplant with them, now the last chance of frost has passed 😊🙌🏻 To get started, I measure out the bed and space my tomatoes at 45cm apart and dig a deep hole so I can add fresh compost underneath the plant as a little pocket of fertility. 🪱 I then water the hole to ensure the plants are well watered to minimise transplant shock, and tie a large loop in some strong garden twine which I place underneath the root ball of the plant so that it anchors it in place. ⚓️🌱 I remove any lower leaves from the plant to avoid them coming into contact with the soils surface, as I’ll be planting it deep to promote a stronger root system. 💪🏻 Then fill the remaining space around the plant with more compost and firm it in creating a bowl shape that will direct water straight to the root zone of the plant. 💦🌱 I add a ring of organic straw mulch to help with water retention, then wrap the twine around the plant, which will act as a support for it to grow up and then tie it off with a simple slip knot. And now for the companions: First is the marigolds, adding colour, drawing in predatory insects and helping to deter common pests. 🌼 Then basil which is a classic culinary pairing for tomatoes, and it also helps deter pests with its strong scent. 🌱 Next is French Bush beans which fix nitrogen and don’t take up much space on the edge of the bed. 🫘 I then plant sweet Alyssum, which much like the marigolds attracts predatory insects and has a very strong scent much like honey. 🌸 And lastly I plant chives at the back of the bed, as they deter common pests such as spider mites, with their strong scent. 🧅 And that’s the bed all planted up and my tomatoes are now well and truly pest proofed. ✋🦟🐛 So what do you plant with your tomato plants? 😊🍅🌱 📽nettlesandpetals #growfriend #tomatoplanting #gardeningtips #companionplanting #growyourownfood #vegetablegarden #organicgardening #tomatolovers #gardenhacks #homegrown #plantcare | GROWFRIEND 🌿

Follow @your_growfriend for more amazing plant care tips and tricks!🌿 How I Plant Tomatoes! 🍅🌱 It’s an exciting day! I can finally plant my tomatoes...

Anja Arnesen

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1.5K views · 11K reactions | Follow @your_growfriend for more amazing plant care tips and tricks!🌿 How I Plant Tomatoes! 🍅🌱 It’s an exciting day! I can finally plant my tomatoes and the many companion plants I interplant with them, now the last chance of frost has passed 😊🙌🏻 To get started, I measure out the bed and space my tomatoes at 45cm apart and dig a deep hole so I can add fresh compost underneath the plant as a little pocket of fertility. 🪱 I then water the hole to ensure the plants are well watered to minimise transplant shock, and tie a large loop in some strong garden twine which I place underneath the root ball of the plant so that it anchors it in place. ⚓️🌱 I remove any lower leaves from the plant to avoid them coming into contact with the soils surface, as I’ll be planting it deep to promote a stronger root system. 💪🏻 Then fill the remaining space around the plant with more compost and firm it in creating a bowl shape that will direct water straight to the root zone of the plant. 💦🌱 I add a ring of organic straw mulch to help with water retention, then wrap the twine around the plant, which will act as a support for it to grow up and then tie it off with a simple slip knot. And now for the companions: First is the marigolds, adding colour, drawing in predatory insects and helping to deter common pests. 🌼 Then basil which is a classic culinary pairing for tomatoes, and it also helps deter pests with its strong scent. 🌱 Next is French Bush beans which fix nitrogen and don’t take up much space on the edge of the bed. 🫘 I then plant sweet Alyssum, which much like the marigolds attracts predatory insects and has a very strong scent much like honey. 🌸 And lastly I plant chives at the back of the bed, as they deter common pests such as spider mites, with their strong scent. 🧅 And that’s the bed all planted up and my tomatoes are now well and truly pest proofed. ✋🦟🐛 So what do you plant with your tomato plants? 😊🍅🌱 📽nettlesandpetals #growfriend #tomatoplanting #gardeningtips #companionplanting #growyourownfood #vegetablegarden #organicgardening #tomatolovers #gardenhacks #homegrown #plantcare | GROWFRIEND 🌿

Follow @your_growfriend for more amazing plant care tips and tricks!🌿 How I Plant Tomatoes! 🍅🌱 It’s an exciting day! I can finally plant my tomatoes...

Anja Arnesen