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new idea for propagating tomatoes
On a radio gardening program they were talking about a method for
propagating your favourite tomato: pick off a couple of the sturdy horizontal leaders, dip into rooting hormone, and plant into a good propagating mix. The cuttings take root and each grows into a new seedling! The host of the program said she tried it, and every one of the cuttings grew, so concluded that it is not difficult. This sounds like something you could do early in the growing season, to turn your best plant into half a dozen slightly behind the first. In the way of things, I'm prepared to believe this is probably a re-discovery of an old method for propagating tomatoes. Success might not be assured with the modern grafted tomatoes: if you plant a cutting from above the graft it might not do as well in your conditions when growing on its own root system. It's something you'll need to find out for yourself. -- John Savage (my news address is not valid for email) |
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new idea for propagating tomatoes
g'day john,
happy new year to you mate. yes that is a good way i usually when pruning out the lateral growths just stick the nice sturdy ones into the garden and water well they strike and grow easily. snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.users.bigpond.com/gardenlen1 |
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new idea for propagating tomatoes
On Thu, 12 Jan 2006 22:09:04 GMT, John Savage wrote:
On a radio gardening program they were talking about a method for propagating your favourite tomato: pick off a couple of the sturdy horizontal leaders, dip into rooting hormone, and plant into a good propagating mix. The cuttings take root and each grows into a new seedling! The host of the program said she tried it, and every one of the cuttings grew, so concluded that it is not difficult. This sounds like something you could do early in the growing season, to turn your best plant into half a dozen slightly behind the first. In the way of things, I'm prepared to believe this is probably a re-discovery of an old method for propagating tomatoes. Success might not be assured with the modern grafted tomatoes: if you plant a cutting from above the graft it might not do as well in your conditions when growing on its own root system. It's something you'll need to find out for yourself. Don't try this with grafted tomatoes. The roots of any layered cuttings that may strike will probably be weak. |
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