Planting Tomato's (Again)

Well, after messing around for over a week, I finally got the blueberry plants in the ground.  I'm not sure how they are going to do though.  Once I got them out of the bag and got a look at them there wasn't alot of root.  Basically little twigs. They sure don't look like much at the moment. I guess we will find out how they will do. It isn't like I spent a fortune on them.  At 75% off  I'm willing to see how they will do. Mars spent a good deal of time getting the soil worked and ready for them.   The beds are about 3 /12 feet wide and 6 feet long and I planted the bushes right in the middle.  If they DO take off they should have plenty of room to grow.  Since we still have over two dozen tomato plants that need to go in the dirt I'm going to use the beds and stick them in as well.  I figure we might as well use the space while we can for other things to grow.  If there is room after getting the tomato's in I think I'm going to stick what herbs I have started in there.  I'm still amazed that I even got some of them started.  I don't have a good track record with herbs! 


UPDATE:  The tomato's are all in the ground and all the berries are in as well.  Good grief, it's about time! I've only been talking about it for what seems like weeks.  I'm trying something new (for me) this time with this round of tomato's.  They have been in containers since I started them from seed and have been in them wayyy to long.  So they ended up a bit root bound and really "leggy".  When planting tomato's I have always planted them really deep.  I will plant them about half way in the ground. The roots will grow all the way up to the top of the dirt soil. It makes the stalks more sturdy and the whole plant much stronger. 
The problem with the one's I put in today is that they were an average of a little over 2 foot tall.  That's an awfully deep hole to have to dig.  So I didn't!!  What I did was to dig a little trench, laid them over, and planted them sideways. Then I just sort of bent the top of the plants up above the dirt soil and watered them in.  Now we can just sit back and wait.  I have a feeling they will do great.  From all that I've read they should.  
I'll make a confession now.  I think the most tomato plants I've ever planted at one time was 8-10.  And even then I had more tomato's than I knew what to do with. I'm a little nervous this year with over  4 dozen in the ground.  I can already see them coming out of my ears.   Of course I plan on canning as many as I can. I'll try my hand at sauces, salsa's, ketchup and juice as well as diced, quartered, whole, seasoned and stewed.  And I'll dry all I can too. I still haven't done a real "count" to see how many we actually planted this time, but I do know its A LOT! Can tomato's actually come out of your ears??    
I'd have taken a picture but I still can't find my camera so all I have is my phone camera.  Besides, its dark out now and if I had waited.... you wouldn't be reading this yet!


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