Grow an Infinite Amount of Tomato Plants from One Plant!!!

[Kris5902]

Thank you, but I was quite stupid and foolish with the way I reacted. I may not be stupid but I am quite foolish

We all have our moments... I didn’t see the comment you deleted, and I realize after posting that it may have been a little heated, and that would explain the other comments... either way I’m glad you’ve shared this info, more people need to learn to grow their own food and how easy it can be. And a lack of finess/expertise is nothing to be ashamed of, we all learn somehow!

When I first started cloning plants I had a 58% success rate, with an experienced mentor. Near the end of that career I was doing 100’s a week every week and buying bulk boxes of peat pellets with 95% or better.

Apologize for your comment, pictures or state of mind, but don’t put yourself down. I think it’s great you’re learning, sharing, and excited by gardening. People need to eat, food needs grown, and not enough people are interested in the latter half of that equation.

 

[cavemanrich]

I have fed them to my ducks in the past,

Always assumed that tomato greens like potato greens are from the Nightshade family. That means poisonous. For chickens at least. Not sure how ducks handle that. Possibly if the amounts were small, the effect was minimal and went by unnoticed.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Always assumed that tomato greens like potato greens are from the Nightshade family. That means poisonous. For chickens at least. Not sure how ducks handle that. Possibly if the amounts were small, the effect was minimal and went by unnoticed.

So thought i! Until last year my ducks taught me a lesson about tomato-addiction when the ate my last four tomato plants, leafs, green tomatoes, stems and roots - everything!
It turned out that Tomato plants, even they are in the Nightshade family, are only mildly poisonous and due to the fact that ducks drink so much water they would have to eat a lot of tomato plant to feel any effect.
→ https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/how-poisonous-are-tomato-plants-for-ducks.1276065/

 

[cavemanrich]

Well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, we learn something everyday
My chickens LUV tomato fruit when it is ripe. They never snacked on any of the green leaves. (even though they grabbed the fruit)
(BTW I send my chickens only to Ivy League skooolz)
I have read postings here that chickens expired after eating tomato leaves.
This probably goes to the fact,,,, some things are good for one animal, and not good for another. An example would be, raisins and grapes for dogs, BAD,,,, For chickens,,,,, Just fine.

 

[Bettyboop7499]

I'll be honest... It's hard to tell if your mocking and making fun of what I am doing, or are making an honest joke... I am not trying to be rude, I just got a little offended...

I thought the same thing for a split second but I think it was a joke.

I can't wait to try this with my tomatos! I've heard this before and have done it with house plants, I never knew until just recently indeterminate Tomato plants are actually vines! I'm so excited to see how tall my plants get. I will be cutting the tops off of most so they focus on fruit but will be doing an experiment on a couple.

 

[Bettyboop7499]

I'll be interested to see if these root because the branches you took look to me to actually just be leaves. You buried the petiole, which is the leaf stem, but which in most plants will not be able to root or grow a new stem and become a new plant. But some plants will grow from only a leaf, and I was curious if tomatoes are one. When i grow tomatoes from cuttings I always cut a stem which had at least a few leaves of its own and a growing tip on the end.

Ok..I'll try. She buried the stems so all you and I see are the leaves. Don't worry there are stems in there and they will root.

 

[Bettyboop7499]

That's what I thought. Those are just leaves without a stem or a growing point. Tomato leaves are complex, with the leaf stem having a number of smaller leaflets attached. I am not sure if these will root. I have not attempted to root them.

Thank you for trying to help, and I'm really sorry. I haven't been having the best of days here recently, I don't usually act like this... I apologize...

Why are you apologizing you explained it FIVE times! And it's YOUR thread! You obviously have done this before so...I for one appreciate you sharing YOUR technique and experience with the "complex" tomato plant..

 

[Bettyboop7499]

@Nelson-Collier I am so sorry! I referred to you as a she also, I don't know why, nothing in your post suggest that you are a she..sorry!

 

[Nelson-Collier]

@Nelson-Collier I am so sorry! I referred to you as a she also, I don't know why, nothing in your post suggest that you are a she..sorry!

lol it's no problem. I think it's because gardening is generally foreseen as more of a feminine hobby (yes I know, guys do it too.) just like when you mention guns or hunting you'd think of guys, but many women do it. It's mainly just the cultural mindset behind it. Bottom line it's one of my favorite hobbies!

 

[Nelson-Collier]

Ok..I'll try. She buried the stems so all you and I see are the leaves. Don't worry there are stems in there and they will root.

One interesting thing to try with the vine is as it grows longer, slowly overtime clip off small branches (you can clone them) and bury the stalk/trunk/main stem of the tomato plant. It will grow roots, meaning the entire plant has a larger root system so it will keep growing larger and longer, so more nutrients shoot through it. Don't do it on all of them or if you only have one. It takes a while and it stunts growth and fruit growth. They do that it hydroponic green houses.