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| I was looking for army worms in garden and broke a branch off of one of my tomatoes I put it in a vase of water and days later it has tons of roots my question is will this grow tomatoes its in a pot will this grow just like the mother plant I know some cuttings dont ever get blooms on them .
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| No problem. It's just like any other cutting. Never have had no blooms on a tomato cutting myself. |
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| Whether or not a cutting produces fruit all depends on what type of cutting it was. You can only clone productive plants (lots of discussions here about this and how to do it) with indeterminate growth tips (aka 'suckers') NOT with leaf branches or terminal tips from determinate variety plants. Thousands of cuttings that grow into very productive plants are grown every year so yes it can be done. However the cuttings need to be rooted in soil or moist potting mix to form the proper sort of roots. Many of us just stick them in a somewhat shaded part of the garden until they root and then transplant them. Dave |
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| Dave is correct about the type of cutting, plant and the roots they make. Unless you are going to use hydroponics to grow them out it would be best to use a potting mix to root them and just keep the mix moist, not wet, or it will rot instead of striking roots. I have better luck using media that doesn't contain fertilizer. |
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| I have a devil of a time finding potting mediums without fertilizer in them. Would you please name some brands for me? I had gotten Fafard potting mixes last year, but the nursery didn't get the same ones this season. Thanks, Vivian |
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| Vivian I use peat/perlite. I have used perlite, vermiculite or sand to root cuttings. You could use any of those mixed with seed starting mix as well. Sorry I can't come up with any brand names since I don't use ready made mixes. |
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| Plain Jiffy Mix is one of many without any added ferts and in general anything labeled "seed starting mix" contains no ferts. Ferry Morse makes one that is sold at HD and Lowe's and so does Sta-Green which is sold at Lowe's. But to be honest when I have run out of Pro-Mix, I have rooted hundreds of cuttings in Walmart's brand called Expert Gardener with no problems and it has ferts added to it. Dave |
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