Broken tomato plant

[coreopsis]

I was potting my tomato plants from their original seed tray when it slipped out of my hands plant side down(sod's law)
I heard that tomatoes might be planted quite deep so I buried them right to the seed leaves.My question is will they recover or not?I'm struggling for space so if I chuck them out the others will get more space.
I don't really want to get rid of them as they were 2 biggest plants but if somebody had like that before and my 2 biggest Costoluto's are wasted then I could give the others more...

[BumbleB]

I dropped a tray of butternut squashes and they all toppled out of their pots! I have rescued them and repotted. For yours and mine, time will tell, I expect if they are going to die then that will be soon ! You'll then know if your others are going to have the extra room and can catch up.

[teakdesk]

Toms root very easily.

If the stem is broken, and the plant is large enough, just pop the top part in compost and new roots will grow.

Later in the season, when you are pinching out the side shoots, just pop them into compost and you will have another plant... or plants and plants and plants...

[coreopsis]

Thanks,I'll give them a chance and see how are they doing

[Sue]

Yes, Coreopsis, give it a go, I got one 6" tall to regrow, one of the cats had a go at it and the broken stem was hanging on by the tiniest thread, planted it deep and waited, wilted a bit but then it straightened up and is looking healthy again with it's broken stem buried in the pot.
best wishes
Sue

[Lottieval]

I've replanted side shoots which I've taken off many times and they grow easily. This year when I first moved my toms to the GH from the propagator a little slugger-bugger nipped one off during the night. it was only about 3" high, two sets of proper leaves, I felt sorry for it so popped it into a jar of water on the window sill and now ,lo and behold, it's got a healthy set of root growing.

[gojiberry]

If the root bit still has a leaf joint then it should send out a couple of new shoots. If not then don't even bother with it. But as others have said, you can root the top bit.

Ian

[coreopsis]

I had a look this morning,I can't say which ones were broken so doesn't look bad at the moment

[smc999]

I managed to "mend" a broken tomato plant last year by wrapping garden fleece around the break and covering it with black electrical tape. Worked a treat and went on to crop really well.

[Sanjo]

I put a first aid plaster on my cucumber stem last year, much to OH's bemusement. He thought a) I was mental and b) it wouldn't work. I'm not and it did!!

[coreopsis]

Tomatoes have recovered but they aren't the biggest ones.They are noticeably smaller than the rest but still alive and doing well

[perkipods]

Phew! Glad I saw this post, looked at one of my tom plants today and it's virtually snapped off. Not sure if that's due to the heavy rain or a massive growth spurt. I will plaster it up tomorrow, the plants are substantial so fingers crossed it works!

[New_Bud]

Toms root very easily.

If the stem is broken, and the plant is large enough, just pop the top part in compost and new roots will grow.

Later in the season, when you are pinching out the side shoots, just pop them into compost and you will have another plant... or plants and plants and plants...

Very true. I did this last year and put the *tidgy* side shoot in question simply in water, rooted in no time and turned out my biggest tom plant!

[organic vic]

My coldframe lid fell shut and snapped the top off my outdoor tomato the day before I was going to plant it out but I taped it up and the trusses are now flowering and it also put out more sideshoots which now have trusses also