How to Transplant Tomatoes - Part 1

Farming ProTips | Transplanting Tomatoes From Greenhouse to Ground [Part 1]:

Out here in Colorado we have extreme weather patterns that can be quite harsh on our greenhouse baby plants. The method we briefly recap is a process called "Hardening Off" which means allowing our plants we receive from the greenhouse or starts to adjust to living conditions outside.

We are taking off the blooms and buds from these tomato transplants. Their roots are root bound. The tomato plant thinks it is dying since there is no more room for the roots to grow in the tiny cell trays. By taking off the blooms and buds we are letting these tomato plants know that they don't have to hurry and go to fruit. We want the tomato plants to grow larger in the ground once transplanted then they can go to flower and fruit. By snipping off their buds and flowers now we delay the fruiting process and encourage the tomato plants to continue growing.

This video was made for the Mile High Farmers Union Educational and Wellness Committee.