Accidentally decapitated tomato plant

[More basil]

Hello,

New to the forum and feeling slightly silly...

I accidentally decapitated a San Marzano type mini plum tomato plant below its first burgeoning truss of flowers (what can I say- restricted space and moving greenhouse staging plus too much coffee: lethal combination...). I am now left with a fine selection of healthy green leaves and some very small sideshoots. The plant grows in a bucket in a blow-away green house.

What would be the best way forward? Can I grow this on as a bush or would I be better off choosing one side shoot to develop and take over? The plant is about 60cm tall.

Advice would be much appreciated!

[veggiechicken]

Hello More basil and welcome to the forum. Don't worry about feeling slightly silly - I'm like that all the time
If the decapitated top is long enough, remove the lower leaves and put it in a glass of water. It should grow roots and you can pot it up.
I'd be tempted to leave the original plant as it is and let it bush up.

[WendyC]

Isn't it s bush type anyway? As VC said try rooting the top and let the remaining one grow on you might end up with two plants! Plenty of growing time left for it to sort itself out.

[More basil]

Thank you both very much.

The top is 'beyond repair'. Growing it on would otherwise have been a great idea, will bear in mind for the future!

Re type: I got the seeds from someone who had grown it as a (very productive) cordon tomato and don't have much other information about the variety. So I guess I shall just have to see how it behaves if treated like a bush type

[horticultural_hobbit]

I had plant decapitated by a birdie. Have left it where it is in a raised bed, and hoping it will fluff itself up again.

[Richard Eldritch]

Not a Tom expert but I think it should be fine. It'll just use the next nodes down as the new tops and grow on. I'm doing some Follia F1 Plums, which are semi determinate. I'm just growing two trusses per plant then removing all side shoots and the growing tip in the hope of getting a harvest before blight hits.