Thursday, June 28, 2007

Tomato Emergency!

Mother-in-law and Father-in-law were in town this past week imparting their gardening wisdom on our lowly patio. This morning, as they were getting ready to leave, I looked out only to find that the Santa tomato plant had a severe injury. A fruit-laden branch had broken halfway through! How can I save this?

I thought I might be able to tape it together so that it can heal. However, Husband and I tried this with a jalapeno pepper branch that held a flower bud. I think it was too late for the pepper because it had already started to wilt. The day after the tape bandage, it was clear that the operation was not a success. Mother-in-law said that we could try the tape bandage on the tomato, but that success hinged on the operation being performed very soon after the injury. To be honest, I have no idea when it happened. I don't remember anything unusual yesterday when I watered. However, I haven't been spending as much time in the garden for observation because it has been so Hazy, Hot, and Humid! Still I have hope that the injury was recent because the leaves haven't wilted yet.

So that's what I did. I tried to make a supportive, binding, tape bandage. I don't know how it'll work. It occurred to me that I could try to make a clean cut and try to re-root the broken branch. If I see the leaves start to wilt, I will attempt the re-rooting procedure.

How do you perform surgery on your broken tomatoes? Amputation or reattachment? Do you think my tape bandage will work? Is there a better way to bandage your plants? Should I try re-rooting the broken branch? If so, how should I do this? I'm frantic for answers, as the six or seven vulnerably attached tomatoes must be saved!

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think your best option is to try splinting the little fellow. Try using a pencil on either side and tape it all together.

This a guess, but it's what I would do.

Mariwood said...

Thanks, Michelle. I will see if I can add the splints. I was hoping that about a thousand layers of masking tape would be enough support, but splints sound much better.

Anonymous said...

We agree with Michelle. A good splint should work--at least we think so. We also wonder at the choice of masking tape, although we're sure it was just for convenience. Will it leave too much of a harmful residue?

Gina said...

How is the tomato?

Anonymous said...

Actually, you can sever the branch entirely and strip it of leaves, and repot it in another place. Tomatoes grow roots from stems--which is why you plant them so deep .

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