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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Reincarnated tomatoes is a phenomenon that I thought I’d never live to see. My Sis, the “gardener sibling” of the family, had said to not give up. Looks like she’s right.

Oklahoma’s hellish summer killed just about everything for just about everyone. My in-ground tomato plants were attacked first by the heat, then by gophers, then by blister beetles. But for some reason, I never got around to pulling them up and saying “the hell with it”. Glad now that I didn’t.

A few weeks ago, when temps finally began to be reasonable, I saw some new vegetation where the dry, crunchy leaves join the main stem. Left them alone, and now I have full-sized plants with a bunch of new blossoms.

Same thing with a couple of bell pepper plants, as well as a few green bean seeds I’d stuck in the ground as an experiment. :-)


5 posted on 09/10/2022 6:51:42 AM PDT by AFB-XYZ (Stand up, or bend over)
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To: AFB-XYZ

I live where there are many Amish and Mennonites. I learned that they mimic nature by slicing heirloom tomatoes, about 1/4 inch thick, placing a good potting soil dirt with peat and sand in it, lay tomato slices all over the mixture covering any open spaces. Then place the pot in a root cellar or dark place (above freezing) for the winter, NO watering. Come spring there will be small tomato plants about an inch high. Now thin plants to bigger pots and start watering. Very easy way to save seeds.


22 posted on 09/10/2022 11:40:50 AM PDT by Colonialman (Trust but verify)
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