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title: "Hello fellow plant lovers! This branch of my tomatoes was torn off…"
description: "Hello fellow plant lovers! This branch of my tomatoes was torn off the plant by accident. Is there any hope in propagating it? There are a few clusters of…"
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community: "Propagating & Sowing"
author: "PhantomPhilodendron"
published: "2024-05-29T03:04:29.631215Z"
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# Hello fellow plant lovers! This branch of my tomatoes was torn off…

_Posted by PhantomPhilodendron on 2024-05-29_

Hello fellow plant lovers!  
This branch of my tomatoes was torn off the plant by accident. Is there any hope in propagating it? There are a few clusters of tomatoes on it and it’d be great to save somehow. I’ve never done propagation before.  
Thank you!

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## 10 comments

### Vexed commented on 2024-05-29

Yes you can I believe tomatoe plants can grow roots technically from anywhere on the stem but the plat should be atleast 6 inches or it might not have enough energy to put out roots and may die off definitely plant them nothing to lose

#### PhantomPhilodendron replied on 2024-05-29

This is great news, thank you!

### Lynda commented on 2024-05-29

I would take off any tomatoes because they’re just sapping energy from the plant that now needs to put energy into growing roots to save itself. Good luck! 😊💚🪴

#### PhantomPhilodendron replied on 2024-05-29

Thank you!

### FiddlerOnTheRoof commented on 2024-05-29

I’ve had many tomato stems break off. For the tomatoes, you can put them in a brown paper bag and they will ripen.

#### PhantomPhilodendron replied on 2024-05-30

Oh great to know! I was sad to just toss them. (Btw love your username, is it in reference to the documentary of the same name?)

#### FiddlerOnTheRoof replied on 2024-05-31

Yes! I’m glad you like it!

### Sunny commented on 2024-05-29

You can cut it into two stems and bury them at least half way into the soil to grow a lot of roots. Remove all leaves and fruit below the soil.

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#### PhantomPhilodendron replied on 2024-05-30

This is so helpful!! Thank you! I have them in water now, I will move them to soil.

#### Sunny replied on 2024-05-30

You can bury leggy tomato plants up to their necks if you start growing them late in the spring season. They put out roots along the stems.

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