Snapped tomato plant

[Polycarbclare]

Whilst out buying winter salad seeds earlier today. My local garden centre were discounting their tomatoe plants down to £1.50 per plant with lots of
Fruit on and flowers on and about 4ft tall. Whilst transporting one of the plants the main stem completely snapped in half. All the fruit was above the stem. The lower part of the stem had no fruit but lots of leaves. Firstly, can The top half be saved and be re potted. What will happen to the lower part that currently
Has no fruit on it!? I'm so mad with
Myself!! Has A cheap bargain gone to waste. ???

[veggiechicken]

If it was mine, I would :-
Put the very top part in water to root, if there are any side shoots, take them off the stem and put those in water too. The base may reshoot anyway.
Pick the fruit on the snapped off stem and ripen it off the plant but leave any flowers on.
Your £1.50 may turn into 3 or 4 plants

[binley100]

I'd do wot she ^^^^^says......

One of my plants half snapped and was hanging on by a thread so I bandaged it back together with a couple of plasters .....still growing and fruiting nicely . Amazing resilience

[Potstubsdustbins]

If it hasn't completely parted then you could bandage it as suggested by Binners.

I am a great advocate of the water in a milk bottle for side shoots, but I honestly don't think it would work for the top half of the plant. Its fruit bearing and requires loads of energy that only a root system could provide.

Potty

[veggiechicken]

It does work!! This is one I snapped earlier
Before you comment, the hairy thing in the corner is not my leg - but a dog

[maytreefrannie]

If it was mine, I would :-
Put the very top part in water to root, if there are any side shoots, take them off the stem and put those in water too. The base may reshoot anyway.
Pick the fruit on the snapped off stem and ripen it off the plant but leave any flowers on.
Your £1.50 may turn into 3 or 4 plants

Me too - I've tried it a couple of years ago and it worked.

[Polycarbclare]

Me too - I've tried it a couple of years ago and it worked.

Ok. So I've done the above and new shoots are growing well. I'm pleased to say. What will I get out of this plant now if I were to plant it. Is it only
This growing season I will gain something from it.


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[Polycarbclare]

If it was mine, I would :-
Put the very top part in water to root, if there are any side shoots, take them off the stem and put those in water too. The base may reshoot anyway.
Pick the fruit on the snapped off stem and ripen it off the plant but leave any flowers on.
Your £1.50 may turn into 3 or 4 plants

This should have been the quote I meant to use for previous reply... Sorry. Still trying to get to grips with all this 😄


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[veggiechicken]

You can't really overwinter a tomato plant - so it will be whatever you can grow from it this year. A GH helps!! Its all good practice for next year though. Plant them up and see what happens