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Old May 13, 2006   #1
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Default Have a little hope! Heidi Lives

We transplanted all our seedlings the 4th, the next day something tore Heidi off an inch below the soil. The day after that I dug Heidi up to replant another plant and just couldn't bring myself to toss her away, (I have been waiting 6 months to start this tomato and grow it to see what it tastes like.

With a little hope I put Heidi in a small pot and back under the fluorescents. I been misting her I even took a very new sharp utility knife and made a nice clean cut at the top to get rid of the ragged dirt edge. I have kept her moist and watched her every day.

Tonight I went to check and WOOT! The tiniest signs of life, her first sucker. I am sooooo glad I didn't give up on what was one of my most vigorous plants.

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Old May 15, 2006   #3
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For comparison, and this is what was left of heidi when we dug her up other than the newly formed sucker

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You can even see the difference in growth between the two pics!
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I had similar situation with my Black From Tula, which I posted about here: http://www.tomatoville.com/viewtopic...257&highlight= now you can hardly tell there was any damage at all.

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I'm so happy for you Tim, I had given all my excess tomato plants away already and didn't have another Heidi to replace it with. So it was literally all I had left )

I'm gonna put this one out by itself since my raised beds are full already (replaced Heidi with a cherry tomato since I had forgot to grow any the last two years)

I am totally amazed too at their will to live. Reminds us to stretch out our own limbs and smile.

And yes the new sucker is growing quite rapidly. The day before i took this one I thought something was wrong with the leaf, that it was holy, just turned out to be two leaves hehehe.
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Update on Heidi, thought some might like to see all the new growth.

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what great news / photo JBinKC ~
I have an Opalka doing
the same ... It amazes
me when these tender
plants take charge
and move onward and upward
despite "set-backs" ~

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