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To: rightly_dividing; sockmonkey

I have eight tomatoes of various types I must transplant into large containers. I’ve got the containers but no potting soil mix. I have to go to Lowes, either tomorrow or Monday and I’ll get the soil.

The rain or wind yesterday bent the large Sweet Million tomato plant and broke the main branch. The many flowers are on a branch below that break so that should be okay. I put another restraint on the plant to hold it up but I hated to see that break. I thought it was secure plus the trunk is strong, but it still broke. :o(


147 posted on 05/10/2014 8:49:25 AM PDT by Marcella (Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
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To: Marcella
The rain or wind yesterday bent the large Sweet Million tomato plant and broke the main branch.

Did it break all the way off? I had one last year that broke, and just hasd a little bit of the skin part of the stem making contact. I fit it back together, and wrapped it with scotch tape, and it grew back together, and grew till December when frost killed it.

The other thing is to try to root that part that broke off. Just stick it in some wet potting soil.

Not that my pictures were that great, but Sprint has discontinued picture mail. I wish you could see my tromboncino squash. Do those male flowers ever do anything besides look like a fuzzy weird thing? I have squash but no actual yellow male flowers. Darned Sprint, I can't post a picture to show you..

I will have to master the camera on my tablets and try to upload pics with that. haruumph.

156 posted on 05/10/2014 12:43:45 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Of Course I didn't read the article. After all, this is FreeRepublic..)
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