Tomatoes: broken shoot - mending - grafting
Sitting next to tomato plants (outside) this last week. Suddenly I hear a noise from the plants - no idea what it was. When I looked one of the side shoots bearing tomatoes had pulled down from the weight and almost broken completely off. I pulled up shoot with string to take the weight - and then "grafted" the shoot back on to where it had broken from: string and duct tape to secure back in place. I was not too hopeful. But: success: there is no sign of the leaves on the shoot wilting so probably will be OK. The reason the side shoot had almost snapped off: the number of tomatoes it was bearing: 52 !! (Sungold) I had had one almost break off last year in greenhouse: I thought a bird had got in and broken it: but perhaps it was the weight of the trusses again. Reference earlier thread re grafting: I think I was able to "graft" back on in exactly the same place that it had come away from. Moral of story: support the load on the stalks if heavy croppers - and don't be shy of trying to "graft" back on. |
Tomatoes: broken shoot - mending - grafting
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