On Thu, 02 Jul 2015 09:24:41 +0100, Andy Wilkes
wrote:

On 01/07/2015 09:57, David Hill wrote:
On 26/06/2015 10:07, Syke wrote:

You can grow a side shoot on quite easily to replace the main shoot, in
fact I have often taken a side shoot from an adjacent plant to fill in a
gap caused by loosing a plant.

I've also managed to fix a chopped off major stem before - by wrapping
with sellotape and splinting! Other than a knobbly joint, by the end of
the season it was impossible to tell there had been an issue.


I have done it when the stem was not totally spliced through : very successful.

But: I have not succeeded when the stem had been cut in two. Perhaps you have
to get the cross-sections lined up spot on (thinking of my O-level biology -
Xylem in perfect line ??)