Planting Tomatoes in New Jersey by Farmer John
Channel: Indie Tommy Tips Restore and Review
Date: 2019-06-10

This 18-minute video demonstrates: Cultivating the soil to keep it soft and weed free so tomato roots can spread easily. Using lime to sweeten the soil. When to use 10/10/10 fertilizer; how to use it, when not to, and how much is too much.  How to prune your plants. Good beetles that protect your tomatoes and bad beetles that kill your plants.

In the New Jersey, tristate area, you can plant tomatoes after the danger of frost up until July 4. When to water your plants, how often, and when not to water them. Too much water rots the plants and takes away the sugar taste.

An easy way to support and hold up your tomato plants by using strings attached to wooden stakes (or use steel baskets)

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Not included: Check with experts when using organic or other pesticides to inhibit disease to protect your plants
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