Tomato plants are really a kind of vine. Falling over and crawling on the ground is what they do. When the stems touch the ground, they grow new little roots, allowing the plant to grow even longer. There isn't anything really wrong with letting them ramble. The vines will be quite healthy. read more
Tomato plants are really a kind of vine. Falling over and crawling on the ground is what they do. When the stems touch the ground, they grow new little roots, allowing the plant to grow even longer. read more
Tomato plants falling over I went to look at my garden today, and my tomato plants are falling over! One has fallen over completely (the cage actually bent and fell with it), and read more
This tomato plant is standing straight up: Good for him! Some of my pepper plants are leaning over too: Again, the pepper plant otherwise looks very healthy so I’m not worried. By healthy I mean that the leaves are green and there’s no yellow or brown spots. The leaves are not dying off. Another reason why it’s no big deal if your plants are leaning over is that when you transplant them you will actually bury a lot of the stem in the ground. read more