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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
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Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
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 Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 07:40:00 AM
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My grandmother always used to overwinter impatients and coleus plants by taking cuttings in the fall and letting them root in a jar of water, then planting them in an indoor pot, then taking new cuttings in the spring to plant outdoors.
I've been wondering if tomatoes would work the same way - they certainly seem to put down extra roots wherever they make contact with the soil in the garden - and there is still new growth at the tips in the fall before the frost.
One advantage I can think of is that you wouldn't have to worry about cross-pollination - you would get the same true variety that you planted the previous year, unlike the possible variations you get when you save seed.
Will they actually have fruit the 2nd year? Has anyone done this?
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 11:48:30 AM
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From http://www.vegetableseed.net/heirloom-vegetable-seeds/heirloom-tomato-seeds/rooting-tomato-cuttings.html
Rooting Tomato Cuttings
In this locality July and August are the best time to root tomato cuttings. The tops and suckers will root readily if inserted in boxes of moist sand or moist shady places. The cutting should be 3 or 4 inches in length. Keep well watered, and they will be nicely rooted in about 9 days, when they should be taken up and set the same as for seedlings. They will begin bearing almost as soon as they begin growing well. They are preferable to seedlings.
In making the cuttings half of each large leaf should be taken off.
Alee
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Aug 11 2007 : 6:40:24 PM
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Well, I'll be darned, I never knew that! Thank you both for bringing this up. I may have some different houseplants this winter. :)
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
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USA
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Carol Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol Sue
Washingtonian
USA
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Posted - Aug 12 2007 : 3:25:31 PM
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Thanks girls way cool, I will be trying this one.....
Carol Sue
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lisamarie508
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 16 2007 : 11:47:52 AM
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That is how I propagate all of my tomatoes every year. I just stick them in vases of water until Jan or Feb. Then I pot them up. Of course, it's too cold to put them in the greenhouse so they do get leggy. But I continue to take cuttings and root them also. That way I have a bunch to give away in the spring. I also get ripe tomatoes much earlier than when I start from seed. However, make sure the room you keep them in doesn't drop below 40 degrees while in the vases or all your work will be for nothing.
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