Transplant

I had this crazy idea that my tomato plant would survive a summer in a pot. The pot was one that I got in college for a plant that lived with me from freshman year until almost two years after I graduated. It was a tough little plant that survived several christmas breaks alone in NYC, in a dark bathtub with a paper towel siphoning water into it's pot. It also took many trips back and fourth to Pittsburgh in the summers. Anyway, I thought I'd try to use this pot for my tomato plant, but I think my tomato grew way too fast for it. Yesterday I noticed little yellow bumps all over the stem of the plant, and I was worried that it caught some disease. But today, I looked more closely, and I think those bumps are more roots growing out, since the bottom ones are now growing so much that they are reaching down into the soil. So I decided my tomato needed transplanting. I took Rose's advice, and planted the plant deep, so most of the little bumps are beneath the soil. My tomato got a new home on the side of my deck, and even got a stake to support it. Hopefully he'll fair better this way, although I am concerned about animals bothering him now. I guess only time will tell.