this is me an amateur Gardener with an idea what if instead of buying tomato plants I buy a sandwich and get extra free tomatoes on it then I take those seeds and grow them into my very own tomato plants and then make a profit off of all the veggies it produces a genius business plan I think so at this point in time I don't know if it will actually work but we're about to find out I headed to the sandwich Empire to see if I could even get free extra tomatoes cuz if not then this whole thing is going to be over before it even begins and then could I do double tomato please thank you so extra tomatoes are free no okay awesome thank [Music] you thank you you as well you sandwich Acquired and so now the experiment officially begins time to plant the tomatoes so these are the tomatoes I'm going to plant these ones I'm leaving in the sandwich so that it's a delicious lunch this is what I'm going to put them in it's going to act like a little Greenhouse to make their house a home I added some seed starting soil then drenched it in water and got my hand right in there mixing it around all right that should do it our first tomato off on a new adventure tuck them in there this is what we're after can you see those little seeds the hope is that each one of those seeds will sprout an individual full tomato plant our final tomato friend looking a little oh some lettuce fell in maybe I'll grow a lettuce plant that's not how it works okay in goes our last tomato friend and the final step is to cover them with more soil add a bit more water and then just dang it I uh I just realized that there's no drainage holes under the bottom of it so I'm going to make some I this definitely would have been easier before I filled it learn from my [Music] mistake okay I think that should do it now And So It Begins day number one I'm going to do my best to document the progress and hopefully they turn into some amazing beautiful tomato plants day two update there's absolutely abely no changes whatsoever but our little Greenhouse Dome is working look at all that condensation oh baby what a glorious day check this out some of the seeds have officially sprouted look at them there's at least 10 of them so far oh I'm so excited right now that it's actually working like I know it's common knowledge that seeds turn into plants but legit a few days ago this was just a part of a sandwich and it's only day five that happened way faster than I thought it would I was going to shoot a really cool timelapse and show the progress but all of a sudden they're here so please enjoy this cool video of a seed sprouting and and just imagine that it was the tomatoes I will continue to nurture and care for my little babies here and hopefully they keep growing nice and strong and grow they did over the next few weeks I was amazed to see them thriving and I made sure to give them all the love and care that they deserved I was feeling so confident until day 20 I have good news and I have bad news you want the bad news first okay the bad news is that my seedlings are having a bit of an issue see how their stems are really skinny and long and then their leaves are kind of pale green thanks to the internet I learned that this is a problem known as laggy seedlings and the good news I know you've been waiting for it is that also thanks to the internet there might be a solution that will save the tomato plants this is Jason he wrote a very thorough article explaining how to rescue laggy tomato plants and everyone go comment thanks Jason so I took his advice and upgraded to a bigger container then took out my struggling little plants and repotted them by burying the whole stem this will apparently help encourage them to put their energy into growing a strong root system instead of just stem growth it's done I've chosen the 18 strongest most thriving plants and hopefully they make a comeback cuz I'll be sad if if they all just die after all this time I got to be honest this was the first of two irresponsible acts of plant care and the second thing well we're leaving on a 3- week long road trip and it was awesome a really special time away we saw a ton of beautiful sites but you know what was on my mind the whole time my dang tomato plants back home finally after 15 days away we got a video update oh they're still alive they're thriving actually look at them they look better than when Connor was taking care of them look at those Beauties they're getting so big yeah they are I know what I'm doing yeah you do thank you mom so the first thing I did once we were home was to pet my dog now for the next important thing planting the tomatoes into the garden I'm actually so surprised by how big they are like these ain't little babies anymore it's time oh almost ripped this one off it's time to give them a proper new home permanent home into the garden I was so proud that my plan was working and I couldn't wait to harvest a ton of tomatoes from these plants I neatly transplanted each one I was kissing them for some reason and added little pieces of wood as support and the final one there we go here's they are all cozy in the garden will they produce any Tomatoes at this point I still don't know but hopefully in a few short weeks we'll be able to tell ah I hate to say it but things are not going [Music] well the tomato plants are looking rough this one is just completely shriveled up just like my hopes and dreams now I'm not sure what I did wrong but clearly it was something or I can just blame it on the crazy Windstorm that happened a few days earlier but either way I was feeling pretty sad dang it technically this idea does work because I got a sandwich with three extra tomatoes and then I did pour a ton of care and love into them and they grew they grew into beautiful little seedlings but now there's no way I'm getting my infinite tomato hack out of these there's not a single one here that's thriving H this is not how I'd hoped this video would go but I was encouraged by Master Gardener Jason remember him and I guess I'll just have to try again next year this also might work with the cucumbers