Planting a tomato lateral

Recently I read on FB that it was possible to remove a lateral bud from a tomato plant and it will grow into a whole new plant.
I love ‘plant hacks’ like this, and I thought I’d give it a go.

I cut off a lateral, and planted it in a pot. Kept the soil damp for a few weeks.

   

Turns out that these freaky little plants will indeed continue to grow from a lateral. This is going to make a big change to my tomato plant roll out next year.

This is a lot faster and less random than waiting for seeds to germinate.

I decided to ‘double down’ and planted some much larger prunings. They also took root.

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