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Re: Cuttings from tomato plants to extend the season

>Hi everyone!  I have a question about taking cuttings from tomato plants.
>I undestand that it is relatively easy to root a cutting from a tomato
>plant, but how old is that newly rooted plant?
The new plant is like any other seedling....new.

>Will the new plant live
>later into the year than the parent plant will?  Is this one way to extend
>my season without starting new plants from seeds?
No

>or will the newly rooted
>plant go into senescence at the same time as its parent plant?
Yes

To answer why anyone would do cuttings of tomatoes. Here in the South,
tomatoes don't do well through the hottest part of the summer. Most people
pull their plants up in late June or so because it just gets too hot for
the flowers, if there are any, to set fruit. The conditions are so
unfriendly to the large tomato plants, it is difficult to keep them healthy
for the next 6 weeks so they'll be in good shape to produce when the
weather gets cooler. There are exceptions. Some hierloom and cherry
varieties will produce a little during the really hot weather, but not
much. It is easier to start new plants for planting in mid-August or so for
a fall crop. I do start some of the late-planted plants from cuttings from
the early ones, some I start from seed.

Cindy in TX, Z8/9


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