Wind damage seedlings

pmcgrady · April 21, 2015

lost 10 or 12 plants do to 35mph winds ...
8 inch stumps, no leaves, should I dig them up and replant...
or leave them?

clkeiper · April 21, 2015

You can leave them if you want. They will sprout their little suckers and you can keep them going... . IF you have enough to replant them... replant them. I had a bunch of mine freeze down a couple years ago and I left them and I should have just pulled them and replanted them. They grew, but there was no central tip. All the suckers popped out and I tried to leave one as the central leader and it was not a total disaster, but close. They were not the nicest of plants, but I did get tomatoes.

4season · April 21, 2015

Wehave a lot of wind in the spring. This year I am going to cut the end out of burlap coffee bags and place the resulting tubes around the cages to try to stop wind damage.

amideutch · April 22, 2015

Leave them. Had a hail storm in June 2010 and some of my plants were totally defoliated. They grew back and had a crop before the growing season was over.

Ami

Starlight · April 25, 2015

Mine just suffered major damage too. Folks here said let em grow, so I have and they starting to get new leaves. Also, I was told to root the tops. If you can find them, stick them ina glass of water and they start growing roots in a few days. Saves from starting the same ones over from seed.

April 21, 2015	#1
pmcgrady Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,836	Wind damage seedlings lost 10 or 12 plants do to 35mph winds ... 8 inch stumps, no leaves, should I dig them up and replant... or leave them?

April 21, 2015	#2
clkeiper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: ohio Posts: 4,350	You can leave them if you want. They will sprout their little suckers and you can keep them going... . IF you have enough to replant them... replant them. I had a bunch of mine freeze down a couple years ago and I left them and I should have just pulled them and replanted them. They grew, but there was no central tip. All the suckers popped out and I tried to leave one as the central leader and it was not a total disaster, but close. They were not the nicest of plants, but I did get tomatoes. __________________ carolyn k

April 22, 2015	#4
amideutch Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Germany 49°26"N 07°36"E Posts: 5,041	Leave them. Had a hail storm in June 2010 and some of my plants were totally defoliated. They grew back and had a crop before the growing season was over. Ami __________________ Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘...Holy Crap .....What a ride!'

April 21, 2015	#3
4season Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: albuquerque Posts: 308	Wehave a lot of wind in the spring. This year I am going to cut the end out of burlap coffee bags and place the resulting tubes around the cages to try to stop wind damage.

April 25, 2015	#5
Starlight Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: AL Posts: 1,993	Mine just suffered major damage too. Folks here said let em grow, so I have and they starting to get new leaves. Also, I was told to root the tops. If you can find them, stick them ina glass of water and they start growing roots in a few days. Saves from starting the same ones over from seed.