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Originally Posted by carolyn137
I guess I won't bother to come back and try to recreate what I had originally almost posted, since if so many of you are water advocates,you know what's best for you. 
Carolyn |
I hope you don't take what I said as disagreement to what you said about cloning them in a growing medium. I understand the benefit of starting them out that way instead of in water, and I always appreciate your wisdom and knowledge.
Heck, you have been very influential in my tomato growing since I reached adulthood.
However, here in phoenix, where it is typically very dry and frequently hot (today hit 92 degrees F), I have found that cuttings/clones of tomato plants tend to have a better chance of survival if I start them in water. It can be tricky to keep plants in a growing medium moist enough here.. unless I watch them like a hawk. It's generally just easier to put them in water with just a smidgen of MG, and then once the roots get about 1" or longer, carefully move them to mix/soil and use a mist sprayer to keep them from drying out for the first 24 hours or so.
It also helps with space management - I can just cut them all, tag them with string and then put them all into one vase/bowl.