Pruning and Cloning Tomatoes

17 years ago

Hello, this is my first post at gardenweb and I had some questions about tomato maintenance and cloning. I included some pictures for reference. In the first one you can see there's a hole in the leaf with a brown crust (bacterial spot? or maybe just some physical damage). This came with the transplant from the nursery, and I was wondering if I should cut it off, and if so how. The second picture shows the bottom set of leaves and also the sucker. I know you can clone plants with the suckers, but can you also use the stems and leaves? I want to use the bottom set so I can start transplants as soon as possible. The third picture shows a leaf on the bottom set going brown and crusty around the tip (hard to see) which was also present when I purchased the plant. If I can transplant the bottom stem, will the browning affect the growth, and if so how do I remedy it? I hope I'm not overthinking things, but this is my first try at gardening so I want to get as much right as possible. Thanks!

P.S. This is a little off topic, but is there an easier way to post images? Also, I don't really use photobucket, but it seems like people can freely access my account if I continue to post pics like this.

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applebuilder
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17 years ago
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17 years ago
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applebuilder
Original Author
17 years ago
Nevermind about photobucket, I just signed off
containerted
17 years ago
applebuilder, what I saw in the first picture was more like physical damage to the leaf.

Ted
digdirt2
17 years ago
Agree. No problems I can see.

If you have damaged leaves on a plant just snip them off with scissors if you wish. It causes no problems unless you go overboard with the snipping. ;)

If you wish to root a clone it must be a sucker or a growing tip. Leaf branches won't work.

Also, I don't really use photobucket, but it seems like people can freely access my account if I continue to post pics like this.

For future reference - just copy and paste the html code they give you in the message here - all of them in the same post not a series of posts. That way folks aren't redirected to the photobucket site and they can see the photo right here. The html code is the one that begins No one can access your account, merely your public photos that you upload there. If you don't want them to be able to do that then just click on Account Options and change the album from Public to Private.

Dave
applebuilder
Original Author
17 years ago
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It's Huge! Thanks for the tip digdirt. Guess I'll just have to wait for the bottom suckers to grow out a bit. Is a growing tip the end of a leader (main stem)?