Rooting Suckers - Page 2

zipcode · June 9, 2014

I put them in water. This way I can keep them in reasonable light without wilting, so they don't need that much hardening off after. About 7 days for roots to appear, move to potting soil, keep another 6-7 days, first few in partial shade. So about after 2 weeks they are ready to transplant out.

AKmark · June 9, 2014

I rooted over a hundred suckers this year, from my early crop of favorites, by just sticking them in wet pro mix. Now they are producing fruit in another greenhouse.

AKmark · June 9, 2014

Ninety percent of these are cuttings

Jkinzer4 · June 11, 2014

Just tried this year took 5 suckers and stuck them in the row with my other plants. Its been two weeks and so far they look good.

cythaenopsis · June 12, 2014

Mark, did you make a bias cut at the base and did you apply any rooting hormone? Or just straight Pro-Mix?

Btw, amazing how much productivity you can get from rooting suckers!

AKmark · June 13, 2014

No hormone, just cut them straight off and put them in wet dirt, and for a week or so, put a few drops of water around the base, I have done hundreds like this. I do it to save space, until my other greenhouses are open for tomatoes and then multiply out my favorites into many plants, I also like it when I get fruitset an inch or two from the soil level. I will post some pics of this in a day or two

June 12, 2014	#20
cythaenopsis Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Hoboken, NJ USA Posts: 347	Mark, did you make a bias cut at the base and did you apply any rooting hormone? Or just straight Pro-Mix? Btw, amazing how much productivity you can get from rooting suckers! __________________ I'm GardeningAloft.blogspot.com (container growing apartment dweller)

June 9, 2014	#16
zipcode Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Romania/Germany , z 4-6 Posts: 1,582	I put them in water. This way I can keep them in reasonable light without wilting, so they don't need that much hardening off after. About 7 days for roots to appear, move to potting soil, keep another 6-7 days, first few in partial shade. So about after 2 weeks they are ready to transplant out.

June 9, 2014	#17
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	I rooted over a hundred suckers this year, from my early crop of favorites, by just sticking them in wet pro mix. Now they are producing fruit in another greenhouse.

June 11, 2014	#19
Jkinzer4 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Illinois Posts: 14	Just tried this year took 5 suckers and stuck them in the row with my other plants. Its been two weeks and so far they look good.

June 13, 2014	#21
AKmark Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Wasilla Alaska Posts: 2,010	No hormone, just cut them straight off and put them in wet dirt, and for a week or so, put a few drops of water around the base, I have done hundreds like this. I do it to save space, until my other greenhouses are open for tomatoes and then multiply out my favorites into many plants, I also like it when I get fruitset an inch or two from the soil level. I will post some pics of this in a day or two