Help!:( snapped main tomato stem....
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bau the man (uk, bristol,zone 7a)
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Storm snapped some tomato plants - use for fall garden?
Comments (8)Well even if they maybe don't have time for many of them to ripen, you will likely have lots of nice sized green ones at the end of the season to pick and ripen off the vine, or to fry, or to freeze for frying later. I'm way behind with my veggie garden this year, as I missed the one small window of time when it was dry enough to get it worked up and planted. Finally today I got the peppers and tomatoes planted. I'm looking forward to having tomatoes until well after the first light frosts. I figure one of these years, we are going to have a very late first fall hard frost and I'd be wishing I still had tomatoes going like gangbusters. Sue...chemocurl...See MoreMain tomato stem branches
Comments (20)I must be mental for always sticking my nose in on every pruning threads. In another thread someone described the attitudes towards methods in this forum very aptly as 'groupthink'. I only registered recently, but I have gotten a wealth of information from here for ages, and am grateful. That said, I think the militant attitudes against pruning are offputting. I've grown both ways, I have found that I prefer pruning, at least in the last few spaces I've had. I train to one stem, leave all leaf branches. In the event it divides I choose a tip and the other gets the axe (my fingers, haha). I've seen other people remove branches on the more extreme end of the specturm, or train to 2-4 main stems/plant the other direction. My yield might be reduced, but my needs are a lot different than someone with a lot of space or someone that grows for market, or family even. Even without the space consideration, I think a trained and pruned plant is more accessible. I feel overwhelmed by caged plants, if I am honest. It is a preference, plain and simple, not a moral dilemma that should incite outrage and ire. Cue the theme song to 'Dif'rent Strokes' To the topic, I'd be curious to see how your yields end up since you have decided to do both! Every study I have seen pointed to agrees that pruning reduces yield. If you prune and reduce plant spacing however theoretically the yield will be the same per square foot, as was said. If I had space I think I would do both anyway, to just *maybe* get a few earlier or bigger fruits on pruned plants and then more from the wild ones. At the very least you will get a better idea of what you prefer for next year....See MoreDon't have a main stem on Green Grape
Comments (2)Honestly, I wouldn't do any more cutting for now or you are likely to end up with no tomatoes. Not clear why you cut off one in the first place but a leaflet branch isn't going to produce any fruit and that is what it sounds like you are left with - just a leaf branch. So why not just leave it alone until it grows some more and then you can better tell what you have to work with. Dave...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 Moregrowlove21
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