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Tomato Suckers....
« on: May 06, 2013, 21:21 »
There's been a few threads recently about tomato side shoots/suckers and I wondered how productive they are?

Do they grow in to another plant and is it as strong as its parent?

Are the fruit yields the same or less with every generation of sucker?
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Re: Tomato Suckers....
« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2013, 21:29 »
Leaving aside spontaneous mutations  ::) plants grown from rooted shoots are genetically identical to the parent plant no matter how many times you do it - in the case of tomatoes they just have less time to deliver the goods than the parent plant has of course.
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Re: Tomato Suckers....
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2013, 21:32 »
OK, thanks Jay :)
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Re: Tomato Suckers....
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2013, 23:08 »
Quote from: JayG on May 06, 2013, 21:29
in the case of tomatoes they just have less time to deliver the goods than the parent plant has of course.

But a lot quicker than trying to start some more off from seed at this time of year!
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Re: Tomato Suckers....
« Reply #4 on: May 07, 2013, 10:40 »
Yep I did this with sucess last year - got 8 more sungold tomatoes (I started off the parent plants quite early), they gave a good crop :) was a spontaneous thing to decide to do mind you and I ended up with too many tomato plants as a result!

I had planned on doing the same this year but my planting in general has been a bit late - not really got to the side shoot stage yet!  Maybe next year???

Hannah :)

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Re: Tomato Suckers....
« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2013, 11:53 »
I always allow the odd sucker to grow a bit and then pot it. You can never have too many tomatoes and it's good to have some spare just in case disaster strikes. ;)
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Re: Tomato Suckers....
« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2013, 12:09 »
Indeed, do you put them in water, or straight into a pot, and how long until they take?
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Re: Tomato Suckers....
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2013, 12:12 »
Quote from: wizzyfax on May 07, 2013, 12:09
Indeed, do you put them in water, or straight into a pot, and how long until they take?

I bunged mine straight into a 3" ish pot of compost.  Can't really say how long they took, was only a couple of days before they secured roots though! (couldn't help myself to give them a little tug to see if they had rooted!!!!  :unsure:)

Hannah :)
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Re: Tomato Suckers....
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2013, 12:28 »
I agree with straight into the pot.

A lot of people are very surprised to find that tomato shoots are about the easiest plant you could wish to root.
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Re: Tomato Suckers....
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2013, 13:44 »
I agree, stick them straight into moist compost. I give them some shade for a few days to allow them to recover though.
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