[Mrs. Don-o]

Blonde, Thanks for that idea of rooting first in a glass of water. Makes sense to me. I'm going to try that. And if it works, I'm going to try to "overwinter" the plants by bringing thm inside, ala Greeneyes. Just an experiment.

Greeneyes, when you say you "hacked them again, and stuck them in new pots" after overwintering indoors, do you mean you started new tomato cuttings, or that you pruned down the old tomato plant (in the pot) and then re-potted it?

Or both?

[greeneyes]

Both. Some of them I just hacked off a branch and started it all over again in a new pot. Some of the ones in smaller pots, I just trimmed and re-potted into a big outdoor pot.

Of course, the original experiment, was that I just hacked off all the limbs that had flowers or green tomatoes on them the night before the first frost. All the tomatoes ripened on the vine, and most of the flowers set new fruits(I flipped them everyday with my fingers.

I put them in front of my southwest patio door, and when the days got short, added about 3 hours of full spectrum High Intensity grow light. That way I did not have to turn on the incandescent lights, and the newer grow lights are more energy efficient supposedly.

I was just so determined to have a few fresh tomatoes for as long as possible, and equally determined not to buy any crappy tasting grocery store tomatoes.