[Kimberley04]

I was trying to tie in one of my tomato plants to it's stake, and I must have pulled too hard, because i snapped it's stem.

It's not broken off completely, do you think it will survive?  Or is it dead ??

I'm GUTTED because it was a beefsteak tomato plant that was doing really well at about a foot tall.

[Ice]

It's easily done.  You might be ok, just tie it upright to a stake and give it time. 

[Lardman]

I did this to my quince late last year  I bound the split with some garden wire and its knitted itself back together 

If you can find a side shoot you could try potting that up, if not you're not too late to plant a few more seeds.

[blackbob]

I was trying to tie in one of my tomato plants to it's stake, and I must have pulled too hard, because i snapped it's stem.

It's not broken off completely, do you think it will survive?  Or is it dead ??

I'm GUTTED because it was a beefsteak tomato plant that was doing really well at about a foot tall.

petroleum jelly rubbed in and left to dry will sort ya out

[Ice]

petroleum jelly rubbed in and left to dry will sort ya out

That's all well and good, but what about the tomato plant.

[blackbob]

petroleum jelly rubbed in and left to dry will sort ya out

That's all well and good, but what about the tomato plant.

never thought about that lol.

[Kimberley04]

HAHAHAH

Thank you all very much.  I'll hunt out my Vaseline, and keep my fingers crossed.

[Annie]

If the stem is not too big and breaks off completly the take off a few lower leaves and stick it in a pot,it will root and grow.

[blackbob]

If the stem is not too big and breaks off completly the take off a few lower leaves and stick it in a pot,it will root and grow.

yip a good tip also,bit of rooting hormone will help aswell.

[Paul Plots]

If the stem is not too big and breaks off completly the take off a few lower leaves and stick it in a pot,it will root and grow.

yip a good tip also,bit of rooting hormone will help aswell.

This is also a good way to increase the number of plants if you need more and don't have time to wait for new seedlings.... I discovered this more by chance than design 

[Loubs]

Just like Lardman says, my mum told me that my grandmother used to sellotape broken stems/branches back together. Like a broken bone, plants often heal themselves if you give them a helping hand. I tried this with a gooseberry bush stem last year which snapped on the car journey home from the garden centre - it did work.

What with sticking my finger in the ground to check soil temperatures, worrying about nutrition and turning & checking leaves for bug & aphid infestations, I've not got as far as going round the garden or plot  wearing a white coat & stethoscope, but I'm sure it'll come to that...