Tomato plants are tough!!

duajones · May 26, 2010

In a previous post I mentioned that a friend had bought me a topsy turvy planter for my birthday. It was pretty late and the only plant I had was a Purple Haze F4 that was part of a germination test. I carefully dug a seedling out of the ground and planted it in the planter.
My support for the plant failed the next day and I came home to find the planter on the ground and the plant broke off near the soil at the main stem. I dumped the plant and soil mix in an old recycling container that still had some soil in it. A few days later I noticed that the plant had started coming up through the soil. I let it grow and then added some manure to the planter that I had laying around. Its awful late and it is struggling to set fruit but looks real healthy.
This plant was basically buried alive and still made it.
These guys are tougher than most give them credit for

May 26, 2010	#1
duajones Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Corpus Christi,Texas Z9 Posts: 1,996	Tomato plants are tough!! In a previous post I mentioned that a friend had bought me a topsy turvy planter for my birthday. It was pretty late and the only plant I had was a Purple Haze F4 that was part of a germination test. I carefully dug a seedling out of the ground and planted it in the planter. My support for the plant failed the next day and I came home to find the planter on the ground and the plant broke off near the soil at the main stem. I dumped the plant and soil mix in an old recycling container that still had some soil in it. A few days later I noticed that the plant had started coming up through the soil. I let it grow and then added some manure to the planter that I had laying around. Its awful late and it is struggling to set fruit but looks real healthy. This plant was basically buried alive and still made it. These guys are tougher than most give them credit for __________________ Duane Jones