Welcome to our series on planting day. Today we're going to be talking about tomatoes. And my vision for

these episodes is that you can take your earbuds out to your garden and listen to these episodes as

you're getting ready to plant a crop. Or you can listen to them ahead of time and make sure you have

everything ready to go beforehand.

But today we're going to be talking about one of gardeners' favorite things to plant,

and that is tomatoes.

So let's say today's tomato planting day.

You've got your transplants, your bed is ready, and you're excited.

This is the moment that you've been waiting for since you started those seeds under growlites or you picked up transplants from the nursery. But maybe the questions are creeping in.

Is it actually warm enough yet? How deep do I plant this thing? How far apart? And do I need to

add anything in the planting hole? Like maybe you see listed online, all these things

you need to do. Does it really matter? I like you have felt this mix of excitement and uncertainty.

And if this is how you're feeling, this episode is for you. I am walking you through my complete

process for planting tomatoes. How I decide if the timing is actually right, how I prep

the planting hole ahead of time to exactly what I do the moment that the plant goes into the

ground, and then what I set up right after planting to give it the best possible start.

But this year, I'm going to share with you

something that made the timing decision a little bit more complicated because I had to be out of

town right at the exact same week that I would be planting tomatoes. I'm going to tell you what I was

watching for and what went into that decision and what I would do

differently. Now, whether this is your first tomato planting or your 50th, consider this your

planting day checklist. But first, a word from our sponsor. This episode is brought to you in part

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