My grandpa's advice about planting tomatoes was totally wrong

He told me to bury the stem super deep (like 8 inches) to grow stronger roots, but I did that with 6 plants in my backyard and 4 of them rotted within 2 weeks. Turns out he was gardening in sandy soil in Arizona, but here in Ohio clay it just holds too much water. Has anyone else gotten gardening advice from a relative that backfired because of different soil or climate?

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dakota_singh3910h ago

Yeah that's the thing with a lot of old school advice, it works perfect in one spot but people treat it like a universal law. It's like how my uncle swears by changing your oil every 3,000 miles but he's driving a beater from the 90s on gravel roads, it's just not the same for everyone.