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Old April 7, 2009   #1
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It looks like some of my plants tops were damaged by the frost. About 5 of them. I am wondering if I dig them up and don't plant them as deep the second time, will they grow from the part of the stem that had been buried deep? I planted them on Saturday, not realizing the cold temps headed our way. Or could I just leave them and see if they recover.
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Old April 7, 2009   #2
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If you have enough space to wait and see, that's what I'd do. Are there any leaves left? If not, I'd compost them.

Two of my plants were damaged by cold winds last year. They'd been in the ground for at least a month. The tops looked so bad that I pulled out one of them, but it had such healthy roots that I decided to give it another chance. It grew and produced a little, but never quite recovered. I left the larger one in place (it was 4 ft. high), but it produced only a couple tomatoes.
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Only two of the damaged plants look entirely dead. The others still have some green leaves and the stems are still green and healthy. I think I will give them a week and see what happens.
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Studies I have read say if the growing tip was damaged by the cold, you can have a slow, stunted plant. Sounds like that is what happened with the 2 plants habitat gardener mentioned.
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creister,

Barbee told me to give them some seaweed fertilizer, then some fish emulsion. That worked real fine; they came back like troopers. Seaweed is for the roots; fish emulsion is for the greenery on top. You can give them both in the same feeding.

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That didn't come from me, as I've never used either one. But it sounds good
In all honesty, I don't know much about your weather and how long your season is, but it seems from what i read it's 2 short seasons. If I had lots of tomatoes to pick from, I'd probably try to nurse them along and hope I got a few maters from them. If I had just a few plants overall, I'd be yanking those babies out and replacing them.
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