Question

why did lalitha pull the weeds around tomato plants​

Answer 1

The root zone of a tomato plant can grow to over 5 feet! In our heavy clay soils when those roots run out of room to go down easily, they begin to go out. In that 5 square feet around a tomato plant, I often have other tomato plants, maybe some undersown greens as well. If we don’t pull weeds and they are allowed to flourish