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Sun City Linda · April 10, 2017

Its pretty hard to kill a tomato seedling. It can be done, but you have to work hard at it.

Father'sDaughter · April 10, 2017

After ripping almost all the roots off my rootstock plants prior to grafting and still having them survive, I wouldn't be at all concerned about tearing some off while separating them. I've heard that the one part of the seedling you do want to handle a bit more gently is them stem.

I remember the first garden forum I joined where there were people regularly grabbing seedlings by the tops and ripping them out of their pots. They all swore that tearing off some of the roots caused the plant to generate even more roots. Don't know if that's true, but it seemed to work for all of them.

Jimbotomateo · April 10, 2017

[QUOTE=Father'sDaughter;630917]After ripping almost all the roots off my rootstock plants prior to grafting and still having them survive, I wouldn't be at all concerned about tearing some off while separating them. I've heard that the one part of the seedling you do want to handle a bit more gently is them stem.

I remember the first garden forum I joined where there were people regularly grabbing seedlings by the tops and ripping them out of their pots. They all swore that tearing off some of the roots caused the plant to generate even more roots. Don't know if that's true, but it seemed to work for all of them.[/QUOTE. You guys are giving me a lot of confidence

. Thanks, . Jimbo

April 10, 2017	#16
Sun City Linda Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: SoCal Inland Posts: 2,705	Its pretty hard to kill a tomato seedling. It can be done, but you have to work hard at it.

April 10, 2017	#17
Father'sDaughter Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: MA/NH Border Posts: 4,919	After ripping almost all the roots off my rootstock plants prior to grafting and still having them survive, I wouldn't be at all concerned about tearing some off while separating them. I've heard that the one part of the seedling you do want to handle a bit more gently is them stem. I remember the first garden forum I joined where there were people regularly grabbing seedlings by the tops and ripping them out of their pots. They all swore that tearing off some of the roots caused the plant to generate even more roots. Don't know if that's true, but it seemed to work for all of them.

April 10, 2017	#18
Jimbotomateo Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Santa Maria California Posts: 1,014	[QUOTE=Father'sDaughter;630917]After ripping almost all the roots off my rootstock plants prior to grafting and still having them survive, I wouldn't be at all concerned about tearing some off while separating them. I've heard that the one part of the seedling you do want to handle a bit more gently is them stem. I remember the first garden forum I joined where there were people regularly grabbing seedlings by the tops and ripping them out of their pots. They all swore that tearing off some of the roots caused the plant to generate even more roots. Don't know if that's true, but it seemed to work for all of them.[/QUOTE. You guys are giving me a lot of confidence . Thanks, . Jimbo