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From: tarnopol@ttidcb.UUCP (Lewis Tarnopol)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: Zoysia Grass; Cutworms; Tomatoes
Message-ID: <382@ttidcb.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 12-Jun-85 19:35:01 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 12 19:35:01 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 15-Jun-85 06:47:19 EDT
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Reply-To: tarnopol@ttidcb.UUCP (Lewis Tarnopol)
Organization: Transaction Technology, Inc. (CitiCorp), Santa Monica
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Summary: 

In article <5910@duke.UUCP> jbd@duke.UUCP writes:
>I'm trying to replace the lost tomatoes with "suckers" removed from the
>surviving plants (removed when about 12 inches long, and rooted).  Has anyone
>else tried this?
>
>
>Joanne Bechta Dugan
> Duke University

Dear Joanne,

Yes, I have grown many tomatoes from suckers.  I take the sucker (actually,
I use any part of the tomatoe plant that has a leaf node) with a minimum of
4" of stem and stick it in a 50-50 mix of perlite and vermiculite, kept
moist.  In two weeks, the root system is developed enough to transplant.  I
have a 14 month old San Marzano plant, now 6 feet high and 5 feet wide (I'm
letting it go wild for the fun of it) which happily supplied me with 6
other plants.  I'm currently starting 2 Sweet 100's for a neighbor in the
same way.

I have a tomatoe book at home which states you can stick the sucker in a
glass of water to start it, but for me pots filled with a solid is more
convienent.

Enjoy your gardening!!
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