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"..........2 years ago when my tomato's got stretched I took cuttings off
the top which produced some nice strong short jointed plants. .........."

I have used this method in the past when short of tomato plants, but used
the side shoots.

One year I dug some side shoots into the eyes of potatoes after removing
their shoots, and the tomatoes did OK, but the crop of spuds was poor.

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