To plant or not to plant

trippie1 · April 30, 2008

Happy Wednesday everyone,

O.K. I have started several tomato seeds and thanks to this forum I have been verry successful! I did however set my babies out on my deck to enjoy the sunshine about two weeks ago and forgot to set them back in when I went to work. I burnt the leaves off of a few babies and brought them back in hoping they would bounce back. I have lovely green healthy stems now. Do I go ahead and plant them in the garden???? I hate to discard them if there is a chance they will sprout new leaves. I have plenty of thriving babies but I just hate to call it quits on my stems. Has anyone had any luck with this type of situation??

Angela

Tania · April 30, 2008

Angela,

If you kept the seedlings inside after the incident, I'd suggest you harden them off before planting in the garden.

They have a very good chance of recovering, as long as the growing tip was not damaged - but it may take some time.

feldon30 · April 30, 2008

If you have no leaves at all, I'm not sure how the plants would recover from that.

stratcat1 · April 30, 2008

A friend burned the leaves off a pair of Fourth of July plants last year and they came back to produce.

Go for it!

Worth1 · April 30, 2008

As long as it is just the leaves and not any growing tips they will pop out of it.

This has happened to me many times from a cat or whatever and I cant tell to difference now.

They will even come out at the crotch of the embryonic leaves if left alone.

No worries.

Worth

April 30, 2008	#1
trippie1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: ILLINOIS Posts: 3	To plant or not to plant Happy Wednesday everyone, O.K. I have started several tomato seeds and thanks to this forum I have been verry successful! I did however set my babies out on my deck to enjoy the sunshine about two weeks ago and forgot to set them back in when I went to work. I burnt the leaves off of a few babies and brought them back in hoping they would bounce back. I have lovely green healthy stems now. Do I go ahead and plant them in the garden???? I hate to discard them if there is a chance they will sprout new leaves. I have plenty of thriving babies but I just hate to call it quits on my stems. Has anyone had any luck with this type of situation?? Angela

April 30, 2008	#2
Tania Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Anmore, BC, Canada Posts: 3,970	Angela, If you kept the seedlings inside after the incident, I'd suggest you harden them off before planting in the garden. They have a very good chance of recovering, as long as the growing tip was not damaged - but it may take some time. __________________ Tatiana's TOMATObase

April 30, 2008	#3
feldon30 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rock Hill, SC Posts: 5,346	If you have no leaves at all, I'm not sure how the plants would recover from that. __________________ [SIZE="3"]I've relaunched my gardening website -- [B]TheUnconventionalTomato.com[/B][/SIZE] * [I][SIZE="1"]*I'm not allowed to post weblinks so you'll have to copy-paste it manually.[/SIZE][/I]

April 30, 2008	#4
stratcat1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Michigan's Sunrise Side Posts: 83	A friend burned the leaves off a pair of Fourth of July plants last year and they came back to produce. Go for it! __________________ I know where food comes from...

April 30, 2008	#5
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	As long as it is just the leaves and not any growing tips they will pop out of it. This has happened to me many times from a cat or whatever and I cant tell to difference now. They will even come out at the crotch of the embryonic leaves if left alone. No worries. Worth