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Re: Broken tomato plants


JRC:

Splinting should work just fine.  Earlier this year we had some severe hail
storm damage.  Not as bad at my house as in other places (some baseball
size hail!!).  But my tomato plants took it pretty hard.  Some broke off
the whole top.  Others broke almost in two.  The one without the top, I
just let a sucker grow and let it become the main stem.  The others I
supported with a trellis with strings, like Mel describes in his book, and
wrapped the plants around the string as they grew.  Most are 5 feet or
taller now and producing well!!

Good luck

Bart in Bartlett, TN
(suburb of Memphis)
Zone 7
***1st year square footer!!***
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> From: j r c <jrc1@JUNO.COM>
> To: sqft@lists.umsl.edu
> Subject: Broken tomato plants
> Date: Friday, July 10, 1998 4:03 PM
> 
> Due to the extremely stormy weather we've had, I have some broken tomato
> plants.  The main stems are still attached, but just barely.  I could put
> the plants on the compost pile and call it quits for the rest of the
> growing season, but I really would like to salvage them if I can.  
> Any ideas on how to make the most of a bad situation?  I have thought
> about splinting the stems at the break, breaking the stems off completely
> and putting them in the ground, or trying to water root .
> Advice, experience, or even unsupported shoot-from-the-hip opinions will
> be greatly appreciated!  I don't think I have anything to lose, so I am
> willing to call this a learning experience and try almost anything.
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> jrc1 in zone 4a (MN)
> 
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