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In theory, if I root all my sideshoots from the black cherry tomato plant I bought, will I get full size plants from them please?
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Mad Old Bat With Attitude.
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I can garuantee it will work as I have taken and grown on cuttings from black russian tomatoes -
Yes, tomatoes root so easily, often if I find a side shoot which I've missed and it's grown quite large, (I know the rest of you never let that happen but I'm a disorganised b*-*-r), I stick the sideshoots in the GH border alongside their mum and they grow on happily.Comment
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Apparently this also works for cucumbers....
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I haven't tried it with cucumbers but I do it with tomatoes all the time - it helps give you some fresher plants for a longer season.Happy Gardening,
ShirleyComment
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It definitely works with Amish Paste too - I had a missed sideshoot last year that rooted itself trailing along the compost next to the parent, a bit like a strawberry runner! I only got one truss of tomatoes off it but it was a bonus extra
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It works with them all, just look at one that falls over and is missed. Roots all over.
I plant mine deep so that they benefit from the extra roots.Comment
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Most definately works - OH is in despair, I've got 30+ tom plants on the go but still insist on rooting the side shoots!Comment
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Last year I grew an upside down tomato plant, it snapped off, so in rage and anger, I stuffed the remaining stalk up the hole it had been growing out of. It grew into a better plant than the original one. That's when I found out that tomato plants like to be slapped about a bit."Orinoco was a fat lazy Womble"
Please ignore everything I say, I make it up as I go along, not only do I generally not believe what I write, I never remember it either.Comment
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