We’re having a quiet start to our Sunday. We MIGHT get some rain this afternoon, but the heat index is STILL forecast to be 107 even so. Mother Nature is feeling relentless.
Our irrigation system is finally working as it should. We have a couple of kinks in hoses, but they can wait, particularly if we have rain today.
Murray, my ‘cousin-in-law,’ (I think), but more importantly, a FRIEND I love to pieces, texted me yesterday, suggesting I might want to wait to try to replant suckers directly in the planter until this super-hot weather fades to ‘regular’ hot summer here. I think that’s wise, since new plants are stressed by any transplant – not even having to take in account the heat advisories we’re getting daily – so I’ll sure take her suggestion.
I did find some information on planting tomato suckers INDOORS – source: sarabackmo.com
Planting tomato suckers:
- Fill a pot with soil, regular potting soil is fine.
- Find the suckers along the stalk. They’re located where the leaves meet the stalk and are easy to find. Pick a larger one that has already developed flowers (if possible).
- Cut the side shoot from the plant.
- Remove the bottom leaves.
- Use a stick to make a hole in the soil and plant the sucker. Make sure that it’s standing steadily in the soil.
- You can put several suckers in the same pot if you want.
- Water.
It only takes a few days before the sucker starts to develop new roots. You can plant your new tomato plant (either in the garden bed or a large pot) after about two weeks.
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I’m thinking about getting a few small pots ready, trying it – keeping the pots on a tray on the table where they get light and sun – and see what happens. Hopefully, my tomato plants won’t croak in this heat and I can try both ideas. :0)
If I can get our bills paid and the filing done, I’m thinking of working more on clearing off the drafting table upstairs so I can experiment with my wood burning tool. (I know I’ve been SAYING this and not DOING it. I’m having to watch my husband more closely lately, and the day whizzes past my head, blowing my hair as it goes.)
Sent to me by my good friend, Cathy.
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