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DID YOU KNOW..

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The video provides a practical and visually engaging gardening hack that is easy to replicate, offering a clear benefit of creating new plants from existing ones. The "wow" factor of seeing roots grow from the stem and the quick results from water propagation likely contributed to its shareability.

Summary

This video demonstrates a technique for propagating tomato plants by burying a section of the stem horizontally in the soil, encouraging it to grow new roots and shoots. The creator shows how to prepare the stem, plant it in a trench, and then how to take cuttings that have rooted in water to create new plants.

Structure

1Prepare the tomato plant by stripping lower leaves.
2Dig a trench in the garden bed.
3Loosen the soil and roots of the tomato plant.
4Plant the tomato stem horizontally in the trench.
5Cover the stem with soil and bend the top shoot upwards.
6Show how to propagate cuttings in water.

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DID YOU KNOW.. IF YOU GRAB A TOMATO PLANT.. AND STRIP IT NAKED LIKE THIS.. LEAVE THE TOP SHOOT WITH ONE LEAF.. NOW IN YOUR GARDEN OR GARDEN BED.. DIG OUT A LONG TRENCH.. LIKE THIS.. GRAB YOUR TOMATO PLANT.. WE'RE GONNA LOOSEN UP THE SOIL.. AND THE ROOTS A LITTLE BIT.. GO OVER IT WITH YOUR FINGERS.. LIKE THIS.. PLANT THIS ALONG THE TRENCH.. THEN COVER THE TRENCH WITH SOIL.. NOW WITH THE TOP SHOOT OF THE TOMATO.. BEND IT UPWARDS.. PUT SOIL UNDERNEATH IT.. WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NOW.. UNDERNEATH THE SOIL.. IS THAT THE TOMATO WILL ROOTS.. ALL ALONG ITS STEM.. IT'LL START TO GROW NEW SHOOTS.. THE STEM PRETTY MUCH.. TRANSFORMS INTO AN ENTIRE ROOT SYSTEM.. MORE ROOTS MEANS MORE WATER INTAKE.. AND MORE NUTRIENTS.. WHICH IN TURN MEANS.. BIGGER AND WAY MORE TOMATOES! BECAUSE TOMATOES ROOT SO EASILY.. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SNIP OFF A STEM.. PLACE IT SOME WATER.. AND IN JUST A FEW DAYS.. CHECK THIS OUT.. GOT ROOTS.. PLANT THIS IN SOIL AND.. YOU GOT A WHOLE NEW TOMATO PLANT! WOW.. LOOK AT THIS ONE.. THAT'S HEALTHY ROOTS RIGHT THERE! OR YOU'RE PLANNING ON GROWING SOME.. TRY DOING THIS!

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DIY tomato upgrade hacks! 🤩🍅🌱 #plants #gardeningtiktokcontest