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Hi all

I've got several young tomato plants (Moneymaker) which were growing
indoors, 4-5 per pot until yesterday when, because most of them were 4-6
inches high, I decided to move them to individual pots.

However, this morning, I found them all to have wilted to some degree -
before potting, they were very healthy little plants. The soil is
definitely damp enough, I'm worried I've done something wrong with the
rooting systems.

You can't repot without some damage, and plants often do wilt. Give them
another watering, and keep them out of sunlight for a couple of days.

Each plant was pulled very gently from its surrounding
soil, and came up with about a cubic inch of soil/root.

I don't like the word 'pull' ;-)
With five seedlings in a pot, I would tip the whole lot out of the pot
very gently into my hand, then tease the combined rootball apart gently
until I had 5 separate plants. If it's smaller plants in, for example, a
seed tray, then I use a plant label or similar implement to gently
wriggle the seedling I'm after away from the rest. I avoid taking hold
of the stem and pulling, no matter how gently, as this way you can break
some of the finer roots that have got furthest into the soil.

--
Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"