Is there any way I can dig up a tomato plant in a garden to move in a pot and survive?

Question

tomatoes already on vine moving to another state one and half hour away.

Answer 1

Yes, just preserve as much of the rootball as possible.

Place it in an oversized pot to be sure. With tomatos on the vines, you cannot afford to lose any roots as those tomatos are taking lotas and lota of water.

I would suggest digging up an area about 1 foot in each direction around the plant.

Using a shovel, lever the soil up in the direction of the plant, this will loosen the soil without damaging the roots. Once the horizontal roots have been removed, slide the shovel undernieth to dig upt he vertical roots.

Then transplant into a pot, i would use a pot that is atleast 8-10 inches in diameter. Go to a nursery, Home Depot or lowes and ask them if they have any emply nursery pots. They always do. Home Depot usually leaves them in the back of the store near the trash, jsut drive around the back and you'll see them.

Water immediately and water every few days or when the soil is dry below 2-3 inches.

Also, do this as fast as possible as the onger the roots are exposed to air, the worse it is for the plant.

Answer 2

Try really hard to dig up a large enough rootball so the plant won't even know it's been lifted. That goes for the pot, too.

Answer 3

sure, just make sure you dig up enough dirt and roots with it.