Yes, it can be saved. See the 'rooting cuttings' posts here and I linked one from further down the page for you below.

Just snip it off, trim the bottom edge cleanly, strip off any lower leaves leaving just the top cluster and bury all of most of the stem in damp, not wet, potting mix. New roots will develop all along the buried stem.

Dave

PS: the rooting hormone mentioned in the linked discussion isn't needed.

Here is a link that might be useful: How to root cutting discussion

Thanks Dave! Will do and hope for the best. Thanks for the quick answer!

-Jenn

jwwc

Don't worry! Tomato plants are like weeds in some ways. They'll grow about anywhere from any part of the plant if they can develop roots and dig in! Just keep the lopped off top in damp soil, not water-logged, in a shady spot until it develops roots. That takes about a week.

I had 2 growing in one soil block. So I pinched one off a few weeks ago, and put it in it's own block. It was probably a couple weeks old. It's doing really well now, and I can't tell it apart from the others.

*sniff sniff* I thought it was done for~ thanks for the help people. I think I'm overly obsessed with them. I'm emotionally attached to my babies, I guess that's what you get for being a first time grower...

jwwc, last weekend I had a branch from my tomato plant that had snapped off due to it being to heavy and not supported at all, it was as thick as a mans thumb and about 3 feet long, well just on the fact I had been reading the threads here I stuck it in a bucket with loose fast draining potting soil and watered everyday, the first few days I thought it would die then today when I went to check all the leaves had perked up and it is not limp anywhere. I am just amazed I don`t know if it will ever produce fruit but goes to show they are pretty tough in some ways. Good luck :o)Deanna

I am a nurse so I think anything can be fixed with tape! Last year one of my cherry toms got broken almost at the ground. Tape, twin, and popsicle sticks and it mended itself!

Nice. I never would never have thought of splinting my broken tomato plant. :)

Well, I can update on my poor baby, it's not droopy if that's anything, it's just sorta sitting there.....in its little pot.....being watered....and uh, yeah.....hasn't grown, has died....=/

EDIT: hasn't died** While on the subject, what are its chances of producing fruit and growing? Should I just give up on it, or save it for planting out next year? It will then have a year's worth of head start on next year's toms.

Give it some time, it takes a bit to recover then it will take off. After 5 days it probably has new roots developed enough to supply essentials to the plant to keep it from dying, but not enough to support robust growth just yet. It will happen. Be patient.

Hope that helps.

Betsy