Tomatoes in Today

Today is tomato planting day and what a hard day it's been. I have got 27 of 30 tomato plants in the ground, with three left to go among the garlic rows,
All being well we'll be eating them in November (60 days from today).

A few of my secrets about these plants that you can't see. The garden bed received about 125mm extra height with composted cow manure, the planting hole for each plant was dug with a power post hole auger, with each hole getting backfilled with fresh compost mixed with a handful of Blood & Bone. The plants have all had blossom bags fitted, which is something I do religiously each year. All plants have had side shoots removed and because they were potted up some time ago to 140mm pots, the lower leaves 30cm up from the bottom of the pot were removed and planted to the new depth. The extra stem that was buried, will produce new roots and make the plants stronger in the soil. As tomato plants feed close to the surface, the new manure layer will do wonders for these plants.