Southern Belle's garden is fenced in with 6' tall, welded wire fence with 2" by 4" openings. The north side of her garden has nothing growing up the fence. That offended me as it is a clear waste of an opportunity.
After consulting with SB, we decided to plant some un-rooted suckers from my tomato plants on 3-1/2' centers along that fence. The suckers needed to be removed so they were free for the cost of cutting and planting. If they fail then we are only out my time.
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| Looking west along the north side of her garden. |
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| The shank of the sucker. If you look closely you can see enlarged, whitish bumps where the shaded stem was thinking about throwing roots. |
I stripped the leaves from the portion I sank into the mud. Half of the sucker was buried. Half was above ground.
Knowing that there was almost no way the unrooted cuttings could draw enough moisture from the ground for the next couple of days, I used clothes pins to fasten a sheet of newspaper above the cutting and give it some shade.
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| A peek at the cutting beneath the sheet of newspaper. |
Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
Note to self, take pictures in a week and report on survival rate.
When I root tomato suckers, I wet them and dip in rooting hormone.
ReplyDeleteOr a small glass of water with an aspirin dissolved in it, or a jar of water with several green fresh willow twigs.
All give me a pretty high success rate. I've done this to support the scouts plant sale as potted tomatoes sell very well.
I’ve been slowly culling volunteer raspberries and replanting to try and establish a new berry patch, but our black tail deer are wreaking havoc. A fence project is in the works.
ReplyDeleteIt's always worth a try!
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