cheap versus dear

Quote from: Goldfinger on July 03, 2012, 22:00

Quote from: Paul Plots on July 03, 2012, 11:02

Quote from: tangojulie on July 03, 2012, 10:12

I too was disappointed at the number of F1 seeds in a packet.

This year for the first time I started off one plant of Sungold very early, mollycoddled it and rooted all its sideshoots. It was much easier than I expected and gave me 4-5 plants for one seed. Will definitely be doing it again.

Rooting tomato plant side shoots is a real doddle isn't it.  Well worth doing if you want more plants.

What?? Tell me more please.....

All I did was let them grow a bit longer than normal, snap them off and put them in a jar of water, left it in the shade and kept it topped up. I know some people put them straight into compost but I wanted to see what was happening.

As well as the 'normal' size ones I also tried it with some of the ones that got away - you know, the side shoots that hide for days and then go 'hahaha I'm a foot long already'. I thought they'd have too much foliage to root but not a bit of it, they're big sturdy plants now.