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Will he grow back?
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Posted by
bahacca 9A (
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Mon, Sep 19, 11 at 15:50
| Mac, my ginormous volunteer, was just TOOOOO big, so since he slowed production WAY down, I pruned him. I didn't just prune him, though, in my frustration, I cut him down and left all of his branches, but no leaves. All of the branches are about 6-10 inches long, but I accidentally cut all of the leaves. With no leaves, is there any chance of him coming back? |
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RE: Will he grow back?
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| Likely no. It might sprout a new branch with leaves from the root cluster but leaves are required for photosynthesis. Strange approach to pruning. :) Pruning is removing 'some' branches and its attached leaves but not removing leaves and leaving branches. Dave |
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| I used to prune drastically too. I did always leave some leaves and the plants grew back well. I pruned hibiscus and another flowering shrub. It was very theraputic. |
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How do you accidently cut off all the leaves?
Sounds like you could have saved time by using just one cut. |
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| It might. Acutally, I think it will come back. |
RE: Will he grow back?
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I had one large strand WITH leaves and in the jumbled mess of stems that remained, I made a wrong cut:-( And, yes, the thought occured afterwards that I just should have cut the whole stinkin thing from the base. He was SO wound up in a patio torch, and 3 metal cages that it was basically a huge tomato plant maze. And, yes, it is ONE plant. I did save cuttings and seeds from him, so i may be able to regrow-he was a volunteer to begin with and wasn't in the greatest place he could have been.
Here's a pic I took before I chopped him:
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RE: Will he grow back?
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- Posted by tomncath St.Pete-Z10A-Heat 10 (My Page) on
Thu, Sep 22, 11 at 17:33
| Where are you? I'm Zone 10 Florida and we get two seasons a year, fall and spring. A few years ago I didn't have the time to pull out the old plants and put new ones in so I just cut them back to a little more than a foot from the base, no leaves left, and they did come back, but production was only half of what new plants would have done and they were rather scragly...still, it was better than no fresh maters at all. Also, that sprawling sure looks like an Everglades/Matt's/currant. Is it? Tom 
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RE: Will he grow back?
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| Tom-it was a volunteer, so I cannot say for sure, but the only toms that were in the compost were sweet 100s and whatever was bought at the grocery store that year. So some type of cherry tomato. |
RE: Will he grow back?
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| UPDATE: I went and looked at him yesterday to see if MAYBE there were signs of life-there is one little set of leaves that came out! So, looks like he isn't going down without a fight. Now this means I have to build him a structure fit for the humongous plant he was before I chopped him up. |
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