It's getting late to plant tomatoes here in Texas, but maybe you Yankees can use this tip. (Friends in Fargo say they're still getting snow.)
Assuming you've been following my suggestions, you dug the hole nice and deep. Dig extra deep, cause we're going to "pump you up" as Arnold used to say.
The most important thing is to put lots of compost into the hole. Compost has loads of nutrients, and keeps the root system damp when water is scarce.
Then be sure to add some fertilizer. This year I added the famous "Rocket Fuel" (3-6-2) and some stuff the guy at the nursery sold me call "Biotome." I'd like to try one product on half of my plants, and the other on half, but I'm too chicken, so I put some of both in.
If I were rich, I'd add expanded shale. (It's not that expensive, I'm just broke.) These little rocks help break up our heavy clay, and even have some moisture retention potential. When I was planting a few weeks ago it was discouraging to see that after all the compost I've pumped into the garden, it still tends to clump together.
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