Andy asks:
This coming spring, when I am transplanting Celebrity tomatoes from the little flats I get from Home Deopt into my garden, I plan to do the following:
Dig a larger and deeper hole than normal by about 6 inches.
In the bottom of the hold put a rusty, flattened tin can and some chicken scraps, with bone, from the table.
Put on potting soil or compost for an inch or two, then the tomato plant as per normal......
The idea behind this is that the rusty tin can will add trace elements of iron, and the chicken scraps will rot and provide nitrogen and calcium as the roots grow deeper.
Has anyone tried anything like this, and can anyone comment on whether this is a reasonable idea ?
Just experimenting,
Andy in Eureka, Texas