Tomato plants from sideshoots

[cupcake]

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?

[rana]

I can garuantee it will work as I have taken and grown on cuttings from black russian tomatoes

[Lottieval]

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.

[Duronal]

Apparently this also works for cucumbers....

[shirlthegirl43]

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.

[SarzWix]

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

[Phreddy]

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.

[rogesse]

Most definately works - OH is in despair, I've got 30+ tom plants on the go but still insist on rooting the side shoots!

[womble]

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.

[amandaandherveg]

That's when I found out that tomato plants like to be slapped about a bit.

That made me laugh out loud.