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DougL wrote:

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

It's not the hairs, it's the little bumps on the stems. I once turned 4
tomato plants into 40 when I worked at the community college greenhouse.
:-)

I put them in water and put them under the overhead sprayers. Planted
them when they had about 4" root systems and made sure they stayed moist
until they established.

You could try misting twice per day to get the same effect.

It's fun. :-)
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