Tomato Disaster

sic transit gloria · June 2, 2008

I hope all of the other Kansans' and Missourians' plants are fine, but in Ottawa, KS we suffered some major straight-line winds (at least 60 mph). My plants are about 2' high right now, and all plants suffered broken limbs at the least, and probably a good 10 (out of 60) were broken off half way up the main stem. Pretty disheartening to say the least. We had hail 5 years ago (further along in the season by about 3 weeks) that broke main stems and the plants basically died, so I'm not holding out a whole lot of hope.

Unfortunately, some of the ones that got hit worst were the only ones of that variety I am growing, such as Tony's Italian and Goose Creek. What experience have you all had with plants that have broken off about a foot above the ground relatively early in the growing season? Since the growing point is gone, will the plant just sort of bush out, or will it just die back?

Thanks.

June 2, 2008	#1
sic transit gloria Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: KS 5b/6a Posts: 249	Tomato Disaster I hope all of the other Kansans' and Missourians' plants are fine, but in Ottawa, KS we suffered some major straight-line winds (at least 60 mph). My plants are about 2' high right now, and all plants suffered broken limbs at the least, and probably a good 10 (out of 60) were broken off half way up the main stem. Pretty disheartening to say the least. We had hail 5 years ago (further along in the season by about 3 weeks) that broke main stems and the plants basically died, so I'm not holding out a whole lot of hope. Unfortunately, some of the ones that got hit worst were the only ones of that variety I am growing, such as Tony's Italian and Goose Creek. What experience have you all had with plants that have broken off about a foot above the ground relatively early in the growing season? Since the growing point is gone, will the plant just sort of bush out, or will it just die back? Thanks.