{"id":1962,"date":"2010-03-29T04:22:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T11:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2010-03-29T04:22:01","modified_gmt":"2010-03-29T11:22:01","slug":"day-18-transplanting-my-tomato-seedlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bhagwad.com\/blog\/2010\/personal\/day-18-transplanting-my-tomato-seedlings.html\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 18: Transplanting my tomato seedlings!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The time has finally come to move my tomato saplings into a bigger pot where each will have its own space to grow. They’ve really gotten big in the past few days, are beginning to get top heavy and bend a bit with the weight of the leaves. Here’s what they looked like just before I moved them:<\/p>\n

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Last days in the eggshells<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was difficult to imagine them like this just a few days back. You sometimes feel as though you can see them growing!<\/p>\n

Our caretaker Mani and myself took the bags of soil that I had bought earlier and doled out enough for four gamlas. Then I mixed in one full packet of compost and a little bit of phosphorus as well. After sifting out the stones and crushing the little balls of mud, we finally got this:<\/p>\n

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Soil and compost all mixed up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I took the gamlas with holes in the bottom and layered them with some small stones to keep them open. Then I sprinkled sand and finally covered the bottom with some newspaper. Finally, I put in my soil\/manure mix and made a small depression in the mud to receive the saplings with the eggshells:<\/p>\n

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Ready to receive the saplings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next step was to take them one by one and gently crack the eggshells all around so as to give the roots an easy time spreading.<\/p>\n

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Mani holding Fathima<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I eased each sapling with its cracked shell into the soil at a depth which was enough to cover as much of the stem as possible. New roots will grow from the stem increasing stability and allowing a better growth for the tomato plant. Here’s Fathima transplanted:<\/p>\n

\"Fathima
Fathima transplated<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And here’s the final result:<\/p>\n

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All four transplanted!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I don’t know if I should water them immediately now. I think not. The soil was nice and semi moist and I want to give all four a chance to recover from the possible shock they must have had on being moved like this.<\/p>\n

I just hope I’ve done everything correctly. I should know in a few days if all is well. I’ll try and get a watering can to distribute the moisture evenly and minimize the disturbance to the saplings. As usual, let me know if you have any suggestions or warnings. This is a first time for me and I could use any good advice I can lay my hands on.<\/p>\n

Quite exciting it is!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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