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Old 07-08-2008, 08:36 PM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default tomato cuttings?

OK, there was a thread on this last year, but I'm not sure we got
closure on it.

What's the most effective way to do tomato cuttings? I took six inch
young stems off a very healthy overgrown red cherry, and stuck them
five inches deep in moist potting soil indoors with indirect light.
They looked happy for more than a week (with no growth), and finally
decided to die (with no obvious growth or new shoots). What gives? I
want a fall crop!

Rootone? Bay leaves? Water soak?

Tomatoes have all these hairs on their stems that are supposed to turn
into roots, so I've heard. Can't be that hard! Lots of people must
want to do this. Can someone point me to details on a tried and true
method? This can't be one of those things that *needs* root stimulator
to make it work.

Doug