Have a little hope! Heidi Lives

JBinKC · May 14, 2006

We transplanted all our seedlings the 4th, the next day something tore Heidi off an inch below the soil. The day after that I dug Heidi up to replant another plant and just couldn't bring myself to toss her away, (I have been waiting 6 months to start this tomato and grow it to see what it tastes like.

With a little hope I put Heidi in a small pot and back under the fluorescents. I been misting her I even took a very new sharp utility knife and made a nice clean cut at the top to get rid of the ragged dirt edge. I have kept her moist and watched her every day.

Tonight I went to check and WOOT! The tiniest signs of life, her first sucker. I am sooooo glad I didn't give up on what was one of my most vigorous plants.

Rena · May 15, 2006

cool pic!!

JBinKC · May 16, 2006

For comparison, and this is what was left of heidi when we dug her up other than the newly formed sucker

kimpossible · May 16, 2006

You can even see the difference in growth between the two pics!

timcunningham · May 16, 2006

I had similar situation with my Black From Tula, which I posted about here: http://www.tomatoville.com/viewtopic...257&highlight= now you can hardly tell there was any damage at all.

TOMATOES ARE TOUGH!

JBinKC · May 16, 2006

I'm so happy for you Tim, I had given all my excess tomato plants away already and didn't have another Heidi to replace it with. So it was literally all I had left )

I'm gonna put this one out by itself since my raised beds are full already (replaced Heidi with a cherry tomato since I had forgot to grow any the last two years)

I am totally amazed too at their will to live. Reminds us to stretch out our own limbs and smile.

And yes the new sucker is growing quite rapidly. The day before i took this one I thought something was wrong with the leaf, that it was holy, just turned out to be two leaves hehehe.

JBinKC · May 23, 2006

Update on Heidi, thought some might like to see all the new growth.

Tomstrees · June 1, 2006

what great news / photo JBinKC ~
I have an Opalka doing
the same ... It amazes
me when these tender
plants take charge
and move onward and upward
despite "set-backs" ~

Tom

May 14, 2006	#1
JBinKC Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City Posts: 174	Have a little hope! Heidi Lives We transplanted all our seedlings the 4th, the next day something tore Heidi off an inch below the soil. The day after that I dug Heidi up to replant another plant and just couldn't bring myself to toss her away, (I have been waiting 6 months to start this tomato and grow it to see what it tastes like. With a little hope I put Heidi in a small pot and back under the fluorescents. I been misting her I even took a very new sharp utility knife and made a nice clean cut at the top to get rid of the ragged dirt edge. I have kept her moist and watched her every day. Tonight I went to check and WOOT! The tiniest signs of life, her first sucker. I am sooooo glad I didn't give up on what was one of my most vigorous plants.

May 16, 2006	#4
kimpossible Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Z5b SW Ont Canada Posts: 767	You can even see the difference in growth between the two pics! __________________ *So Many Tomatoes ... So Little Time*

May 16, 2006	#5
timcunningham Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Middle Georgia Posts: 241	I had similar situation with my Black From Tula, which I posted about here: http://www.tomatoville.com/viewtopic...257&highlight= now you can hardly tell there was any damage at all. TOMATOES ARE TOUGH! __________________ Visit my site: tomatoindex.com a database of over 2700 varieties. Vote for your favorite.

June 1, 2006	#8
Tomstrees Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: NJ Bayshore Posts: 3,848	what great news / photo JBinKC ~ I have an Opalka doing the same ... It amazes me when these tender plants take charge and move onward and upward despite "set-backs" ~ Tom __________________ My green thumb came only as a result of the mistakes I made while learning to see things from the plant's point of view. ~ H. Fred Ale

May 15, 2006	#2
Rena Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Warm Springs, GA Posts: 1,421	cool pic!!

May 23, 2006	#7
JBinKC Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Kansas City Posts: 174	Update on Heidi, thought some might like to see all the new growth.