How to Save a Broken or Damaged Tomato Plant
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ก.ค. 2024
- There are many ways for your garden to be damaged. When gardening in the desert, it is very common for a tomato plant to be damaged by the wind. Tomato plants can be damaged by the wind, other severe weather or even an animal. Damage to the plants in your garden can be very frustrating, especially for new or beginner gardeners. Beginner gardening has many challenges, but there are just as many solutions to those challenges. I've been asked many times "I have a broken tomato plant, can it be saved?" If your tomato plant has a broken stem it can be saved! In this video I show you how easy it is to regrow a broken tomato plant using a simple gardening hack. The process is actually called cloning, but it will help save a broken or damaged tomato plant even if the entire plant has been broken off.
Cloning allows a piece of a tomato plant to be replanted and grow into a new plant. Tomatoes are one of the few plants that can be cloned very easily. You do not need any special tools, chemicals, or skills to successfully clone or save a tomato plant.
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In this video:
0:00 How to Save a Broken Tomato Plant
0:32 It's Easy to Fix Damaged Tomato Plants
1:15 Trim Broken Stem
1:45 Prepare Cutting For Replanting
2:30 Regrow New Roots
3:40 How to Replant Cutting
4:25 Conclusion
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I accidentally nicked one of my tomato plants while pruning, so I'm very happy to learn that I can save (and even clone!) my tomato plants. Thank you for this helpful video!
This has been so super helpful! I had no idea you could do this to tomato plants.. I ended up growing one too many in the same pot, sadly had to cut some down.. so my others would flower and fruit.. now I’m planting all my cuttings into the ground. 😊🙌🏻 so thank you very much!
This helped me so much! I just got a beautiful big tomato plant and it started to storm and it snapped😩 thank you!
This just happened to me today. I was so sad. lol
Same! 😢
Thank you so much my tomato plant snapped as I was moving it to a bigger pot and it had some tomatoes growing and and lots of flowers too this is really helpful 😄
Thanks 😊 I was so worried my tomato a plant was was done for! Can’t wait to it come back to life!
Amazing video with helpful information! I was randomly looking if I can fix my broken plant, and this video gave me a lot of hope. Thank you, greetings from Egypt🙌
Thank you so much. Your video’s are very helpful
Thanks, friend! Hoping the best for the friend that I’ve just hopefully saved! Just by instinct I had done what you recommended and assumed that the process I use for all of my indoor plant propagating would work for him. Glad to know that it should!
I've had great success doing it this way. Glad the video was helpful. Thanks for watching 😊🌱
I have had my best results so far by sticking the cutting into a seed starting mix and soak it.
I'm not sure how my side stem broke today, no wind, and it was fine just before I left work 😭. I'm so glad your video was the first one I watched. I was extremely sad since this is my second attempt at growing from seed, so to know I not only save my plant but also get another one from it makes me happy. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Sorry to hear that. While this method isn't successful in saving the plant 100% of the time, I've had great experience doing it this way with a high success rate. I hope the best for your tomato plant 🌱
@In The Garden It has been in water for the last 2 3 days. So far, it's still alive and well. I'm watching it to male sure it's not dying. Lol. Ibfeel better knowing that I can possibly have a solution, but also, I'm plant looked like it needed pruning and now is standing taller than before. I believe the weight was shifted due to the piece that broke off was a bit heavier. I just recently tied my plant and may have missed wrapping that piece.
Thank you!
I’m so happy to see this! I have a beautiful sweet million cherry tomato plant. This morning I found the main fruit bearing branch broken in half! I’m rooting in water and directly in the soil. Thank you!!
thanks for watching 😊🌱
That’s pretty cool, thank you.
Hello! Thank you for the video. I'm wondering if it works even if you already have green tomatoes growing on the plant
Thanks for the tip! I live in Hawai'i & have 75 different tomatoes growing in my shadehouse and there are accidents. I've tried direct planting, yet it doesn't appear to be successful yet. I will try the water method.
Mahalo🌺
Thanks so much for this!
Thanks for watching 😊🌱
Thank you! 🍅 😎
would be very helpful to add a part to this video that discusses when to cut a main stem and when to splint it - I have a plant that squirrels damaged a main stem trying to get a green tomato off. The main stem is bent over, cracked and dented but not broken apart. wondering what the criteria should be in deciding to abandon a 2 month root structure and cut like you did (would the main plant continue to grow if the cut is below all the leaves ?) OR try to splint and hope it stays alive ? its an Early girl about 3 feet tall, but I think these get 5-6 feet tall when full so maybe splint wont hold ? but also hate to loose the 2 months of roots it already had before damage
What did you end up doing? Splint or cut? I'm in the exact same situation now :(
@@foragingforlight8532 I did both, I tried the splint for a week and it looked like it wasn't working - so I cut it, placed in water and 2-3 weeks later had great roots transplanted and eventually had tomatoes. The cut version was a few weeks behind yield, of the other plants and the original stem also eventually grew leaves - neither the original or the cut stem were great producers in the end but maybe together they equaled 1 healthy plant
@@instructionaldesigner7310 thanks a lot for your in depth reply, I appreciate it! I ended up splinting my plant, its fracture was right above the soil (I think someone stepped on it). Before splinting, I made sure to thoroughly moisten the dried up "wound" with a water/aspirine spray that I generally make for nightshade plants to boost immunity. Idk if that was a game changer, or rather the tight binding cloth around the fracture that I also soaked with it. It took two short twigs to splint it in a stable way + added a support against the stem to keep the plant straight. It has been 1 week and the plant seems to have recovered well, I'm so happy! Cheers and good luck with this year's growing season!
Thanks for posting. Fingers crossed it works for me.
I also had a plant break right at the ground last Monday, it's just now (saturday) starting to grow new roots. This method isn't 100%, but it does usually work well. Hope yours recovers.
Thanks for watching 😊 🌱
can a broken stem be attatched back on the healthy living bit with tape
Amazing. Thank you.
Thanks for watching 😊🌱
Thank you! I just bought a new tomato plant from the garden center, and as I was planting it into a bigger pot the main stem broke. I cut the lower leaves off, and made a cleaner cut of the stem, I put it back into the pot, together with the main plant. Will be exciting to see if I saved it!. 😊
Let us know if it worked
*two years later...*
great video, can you do this if the plant has already started to produce tomatoes? thank you!
Thank you!!
Thanks for watching 😊🌱
Thank you 😊.
Thanks for watching 😊🌱
Blood squirrels just chop off the entire new tomatoes I grow from seed. Just saw your video and I put it into water. Hope it will come back to live. Thank you.
Sorry to hear that, but I've had good success using this method so hopefully it works well for you. Be sure to come back and give an update
thanks for watching 😊🌱
Thank you so much
Thanks for watching 😊🌱
So hypothetically, could you cut a side stem and do the same process and the same thing happen correct? And what about the top main stem with a tomato on it? We had a strong wind event and when i checked on my plants the top had a tomato growing on it and it was bent over. Not completely broken but very damaged
Is it possible to Save it when its still small and the main stamp was broken but the side small one is saved?
I don't know if you'll see this in time and be able to respond - but will this work for a branch that already has fruit? One of the biggest fruit bearing branches from my brandywine plant snapped off and there are probably 5-6 tomatoes that are as big as cutie oranges or bigger. I went immediately to potting it in soil but its been 2 days and the leaves are still super wilted ... the fruit is getting soft ... I'm worried I ruined it. (This is also my first year as a homeowner & first year growing...anything, really...)
sorry - nevermind - I read the further comments and realize you've answered this question several times already ...
Idk if it was mentioned but use rain water! It helps a lot.
Thanks for sharing that tip 😊👍
My tomato plant was doing awesome in the water but when i planted back in the soil, it just has been drying out to death even though i have been pouring a lot of water
Wow I'm psyched up about this I mean I'm 58 years old and been gardening for decades but I never thought about the Simplicity that maybe this will work I mean I trust that you know what you're talking about but you know the old saying brother until it works for me, LOL. But I'm going to go outside where I dropped at stem before it has tomatoes on it I don't know if you would leave the green tomatoes on it I mean I don't think they're going to be salvageable but I will leave them on I guess and stick that stem in the water after I cut it and trim it until you tell me different about just popping them little green tomatoes off they're not that big plus they're indigos they don't grow that big it looks like a little bigger than a cherry tomato I wish there was a way to email you thank you, Peace., Tommy.
Hey Tommy, thanks for the comment. I've had really good luck with this method. As far as the green tomatoes... In my experience the plant will struggle to come back with the fruit left on. I typically tell people, you can save the fruit or the plant but probably not both. And if they are very small and green it's unlikely they will be able to mature on the damaged limb. My recommendation would be to pull them and try to save the plant.
Hope this helps. thanks for watching 😊🌱
Help! I broke a big branch with several tomatoes on them! I put them in water hoping my tomatoes will survive.
So I have a massive brandy wine tomato plant and as I was switching the trellis out that it out grew there was a small split at the base that formed and it’s huge so I can’t just propagate it I don’t think. It’s about 6 feet tall atm and The tear about 1/4 of the way through the main stem at the very first place where it splits into two stems and I’m thinking it might heal on its own? Idk I’m too afraid to mess with it now please lmk what you think. She just started producing huge tomatoes too 😥
P.S your beard is impeccable 🙌
Hey Kyle, I don't have a ton of experience with this type of damage on a large plant. But I would try to let it heal on its own. Trying to re-root it at this point would almost certainly kill the plant. Just splint it where the damage is so it doesn't get worse and try to keep the damage parts in contact so it can heal. And make sure the entire plant is very well supported.
Hope this helps. Thanks for watching 😊🌱
@@InTheGarden Awesome I’m gonna put some suran wrap around the base since I don’t have grafting tape and I’ll lyk how she turns out 🙂 thanks for the quick response too. I was very worried 😅
How much light should I provide for these cuttings? Direct or indirect? Grow light?
As much light as possible, but not direct sunlight until they have a good root system starting. A grow light would be great, or indirect sunlight.
Hi! any tips to save a broken branch that has already fruit growing?
It depends on how the branch is broken and how mature the fruit is. If its not totally severed you can try splinting it so the branch can continue to grow. If its broken completely off or severely damaged you can try placing it in water and see how it does. If the fruit is nearly ripe you may be able to just place inside and wait for the fruit to finish ripening while attached to the broken branch.
Hope this helps.
@@InTheGarden Thanks! Ill try that
Silvino Garcia I’m so here for this comment my kids broke a large branch with five tomatoes on it
@@grayonix did it work ? my poor cherry tomato plant was destroyed and it has green fruits :{
When you put them in water is it safe to store them inside the house with little sun?
Yes. They do still need some light, but very little is fine temporarily. Just indirect sunlight is enough while they root. Don't place in direct sunlight or it is likely to wilt and die. Once it's ready to replant, it will need more light.
Bro suggest somithing for white flies...
I've never really had a problem with white flies, so I can't speak from experience, but here are a few things I've heard other people try:
- Neem oil sprayed under leaves
- Packing tape rolled over hand and lightly touched to underside of leaves to trap flies
- Soap and water spray
- Using a small vacuum (like for cleaning a computer keyboard) to suck up the flies.
- Sticky traps, but these are likely to trap good bugs and pollinators like bees and ladybugs so I wouldn't really recommend using for a prolonged period
Put my tomato outside for the light rain we were having... turned out to be a monsoon and it snapped
Oh no! Hopefully you are able to save it. I've had good success using this method. Give an update when you can
How about putting nutrient in the water?
You could definitely add some liquid plant food to the water if you wanted to.
What if it already has green tomatoes on it?
it depends on how mature they are. In my experience, you can save the tomatoes or save the plant.
If they are more mature, you can keep the branch in water as they finish ripening. If they are small you may be better off just picking them and try to save the plant.
But I will mention that this late in the season I would probably opt to just ripen the tomatoes.
What if it has tomatoes on the branch ?
it depends on how mature they are. In my experience, you can save the tomatoes or save the plant.
If they are more mature, you can keep the branch in water as they finish ripening. If they are small you may be better off just picking them and try to save the plant.
But I will mention that this late in the season I would probably opt to just ripen the tomatoes.
Hope this helps. Thanks for watching 😊🌱
What if it was the main stem that broke off?
You can use this same process, but the plant may have a harder time establishing new roots as it's trying to keep the entire plant alive. If you have any fruit growing I would recommend removing it to give the plant a better chance. This method works well, but not 100%.
Hope this helps.
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