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| I got an unidentified variety of tomato plant from my local garden center and it had been unstaked for a while so the stem was curved to the ground. When I went to pull it up to attach it to a stake, I apparently wasn't as gentle as I thought and the stem snapped clean off. There's about three inches of plant in the ground, but the majority of the plant (appx 10") is now sitting in a cup of water. I imagine that the part in the ground will be fine, but is there any way to save the part that broke off? Is there a way to get the stem to grow roots? Thanks for any help!! |
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| You did a good thing by immediately sticking it in water. It should root just fine and you can replant it after it gets a good root system going (at least, that has been my experience.) And if there is anything left of what's still in the ground, it should send out new growth (what some folks call "suckers") so you will end up with 2 plants for the price of one :) So I hope it turns out to be a yummy kind! Edie |
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- Posted by missingtheobvious Blue Ridge 7a (My Page) on Mon, Jun 23, 14 at 13:32
| Here's a thread from a bit further down the page which discusses rooting tomato branches: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/tomato/msg0612592910286.html?20 Just to add another way it can be done ;-) several years ago, in July or August, I broke a branch off one of my grape tomatoes. I didn't even cut the baby tomatoes off (and I should have), just stuck the branch in the soil, mulched around it, and watered it when I watered the other tomatoes in that part of the garden. It looked pretty bad for awhile, but recovered and gave me a couple of dozen grapes -- some of which were the same fruit which had already formed before I broke and planted the branch. [I'm not recommending that you treat your plant that way! Keeping it partly shaded for a while is definitely a good idea.] |
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