Tomato number four had an accident. When I was moving his pot the other day I bumped into something and I broke the top part of his little head right off! Now number four is the one that was leaning and losing his leaves, so I wasn't completely freaked about it, but I did feel bad at first. After all, if this had happend with most other veggie babies, it would have been a goner. However...tomatoes are an interesting breed of their own. Because tomatoes are actually by nature a vine, they have the capability of easily growing roots from their stalk. So I just removed a couple of the bigger leaves and stuck that little top in the dirt next to his bottom half, and if I'm vigilant about keeping him watered for the next week or two, he should be fine. In fact, he might end up better for it. As the comments indicate on the previous posting about this leaning guy, if you bury the stem of a tomato and just leave its top leaves, it in turn grows more roots along the stem and becomes stronger. They are quite adaptable little fellows, but I guess that's pretty indicative of the vine family. So I believe this disaster has been averted and tomatoes one, two, and three will be going into the ground tomorrow!
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Oh tomato number four
You were wounded at the door
Woe is me, what am I to do
Now that your one is now two?
Your top I will place in the ground
and hope that soon your roots are found!
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