Much of this second week was spent setting up some tomato field trials. In one village, we started nurseries to produce tomato seedlings, and in the second village, the tomato seedlings were big enough to plant in the fields.
Preparation of tomato seedlings and transplanting is a very important aspect of tomato production and involves a lot of steps. Here’s the entire process from bed preparation to field transplanting.
First, prepare raised beds, cover with dry plant debris, and start on fire.
Let beds cool overnight, remove burned debris and smooth the surface of the bed.
Prepare furrows for tomato seeds
Add slow release fertilizer to give seedlings a boost
Get ready to seed!
Plant the seeds
Cover the beds with grass and water
Eventually you get mature tomato seedlings that are ready for transplant
Collect seedlings for transplanting
Transplant the seedlings in the field (I like to get my hands dirty, too!)
A transplanted tomato field
And that’s the entire process from seed to transplanting!
i like your comments- ” i like to get my hands dirty, too!”….go ahead