Starting From Cuttings

drbobintx · May 14, 2015

As emphasized above, rooting suckers from tomatoes is super easy.

Last weekend I topped my too tall black cherry plant and discarded the pruned stem with leaves in the grass, intending to chop it up with the mower this upcoming weekend. Today I went outside to discover the top has rooted in the grass (we've had a lot of rain this weEk). If you keep cuttings moist, they will survive in your choice of medium.

I am a big fan of using cuttings for two purposes:
(1) To reduce seed consumption. For example, I only planted one Sungold seed this year, but I have half a dozen plants now in my garden.
(2) To reduce the number of starts I have to grow/nurture in the winter.

Of course there is also the drawback that cuttings are delayed in maturity, so this may not work for late season varieties.

May 14, 2015	#16
drbobintx Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Round Rock, TX Posts: 20	As emphasized above, rooting suckers from tomatoes is super easy. Last weekend I topped my too tall black cherry plant and discarded the pruned stem with leaves in the grass, intending to chop it up with the mower this upcoming weekend. Today I went outside to discover the top has rooted in the grass (we've had a lot of rain this weEk). If you keep cuttings moist, they will survive in your choice of medium. I am a big fan of using cuttings for two purposes: (1) To reduce seed consumption. For example, I only planted one Sungold seed this year, but I have half a dozen plants now in my garden. (2) To reduce the number of starts I have to grow/nurture in the winter. Of course there is also the drawback that cuttings are delayed in maturity, so this may not work for late season varieties. Last edited by drbobintx; May 16, 2015 at 12:11 AM.