Broke a tomato plant stem, will it heal?
mfran12345 (Zone 6b, northeast PA)
9 years ago
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Stems broke off tomato plants - are they as good as dead?
Comments (5)Oh my! every time I think I know something I am proved wrong :-), I feel your pain I found a Tom plant, a week or so ago which had been decapitated, so I tried to revive top half but it just died, the bottom half had nothing but stem, reading this post I remembered in my annoyance I had just put it to one side and could it still be on the deck? it is and I have a tiny leaf formation Hurray, I would take a photo but I can't find the camera, take heart it may not be bad news after all :-)...See MoreSomona (Euporbia X lomi) Plant Stem Broke
Comments (1)I suggest you take a few cuttings. They are easy to root. The plant might put back out below the cut too....See MoreMicro Tomato Plant Main Stem Broke
Comments (2)Hi' was the leaves still on the plant when buried it, you need to take the leaves off the part you are going to stick in the ground. But' all tomatoe plants have suckers, look between the leaves and the stem' there should be a little tomatoe plant growing - snap it off and plant it but make sure you keep it water good and I have taken a plant that was broken and put it in a bucket of water and put it the shade until it grew roots and then plant it. Good luck - Spider...See MoreBroken tomato stems yielding lots of plants
Comments (2)I had the same experience last year, gourd (I'm calling you that because I like gourds). Unfortunately, it happened in the middle of horrific weather. My three branches did take root in their new location, but struggled to thrive in 90º+ weather for the first few weeks. Only one gave me any ripe fruit. While it may nothave been suckers -- What am I not understanding here? Usually anything that isn't the main stem is a sucker, right?...See Moremfran12345 (Zone 6b, northeast PA)
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