My gardening tip will give you ‘thousands of tomatoes’ so quickly and it only costs $2
WHEN it comes to gardening, you don’t need to spend much to be rewarded in abundance.
A plant lover said her cheap hack will have you drowning in tomatoes this year.
Garden expert Libby Flanagan (@libbyzflanagan) is on a mission to live sustainably alongside her husband, daughter, and pet chickens.
One aspect of her greener lifestyle includes growing her own food – and she said the endeavor isn’t as costly or daunting as you might think.
To grow a fruit as versatile as a tomato, all you need is a $2 carton of eggs.
“Use this trick to grow thousands of tomatoes this year,” she began in the video.
After finding a good location for your veggie plot – dependent on sun exposure ground level – dig a deep hole in the soil.
“Next, we’re going to take an egg and crack it right into the hole and then break it up,” she said, mashing the egg with a hand shovel.
Libby then took off the bottom leaves from her baby tomato plant before burying it in the dirt hole.
“You see all those little hairs along the tomato plant?” she said, pointing to the stem.
“Those will all become roots, which is why we like to bury these deep.”
After sticking the budding plant in the hole, she piled dirt all around to secure it in place.
As for why the hack is so egg-cellent, it’s because the soil around the tomato plant will absorb the egg’s calcium and receive a nutrient boost.