repoting tomato plants?

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I'm just going to start off by saying I'm pretty new to this whole gardening thing. My tomato plant was doing great in my garden, so great that it was taking over an entire section, so I decided to put it in it's own planter. I added brand new potting soil and watered it within a couple minutes and not even 20 minutes after I replanted it, the leaves are wilting and it looks like it's knocking on death's door.  Is this poor plant going to be the latest of my plant victims?

Ronald · Accepted Answer

Good morning Jess0811,


I hope you are having a great day. It is almost impossible to transplant an older vine type vegetable plant, such as cantaloupe, cucumber, watermelon, or tomato without them going into serious transplant shock.

Your best bet now is to cut back all the main stems leaving about a foot. DO NOT keep the soil dump with water. Let the soil dry out before watering. Water your plant with one teaspoon of Epsom salt mixed in a gallon of water. Water your plant with this solution again in ten days than water normally. Add more soil around the main growth branch. Hopefully this will help your plant develop new roots. ALWAYS transplant a tomato plant deeper than the original soil line.

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5660807_put-epson-salt-pepper-plants.html

This will help. I wish I had more info. Good luck.

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I wish you and your family a beautiful day. Peace, from Los Angeles.

renpen · Answer

When you transplant a large plant like that you have to take a lot of dirt with it to keep from destroying the root system.  It will look bad for a while but it might make it.  Keep it watered and hope for the best.

caffey · Answer

you may desire to repot them now if that's what you prefer to do. in basic terms in basic terms remember to chop up up the soil with the plant life as to not injury the roots. you may desire to in spite of the incontrovertible fact that in basic terms circulate take the plant life and soil jointly in case you will get it out of the tray in one and place each and every thing right into a larger container with greater soil and circulate away them becoming jointly till they are super sufficient to go into the buckets.

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