My tomato plant :( *sob*

I don't know about the rest of the UK, but here in west yorkshire we had a fairly awful storm early this morning - great news insofar as much needed rain goes, but a bit worrisome on the wind end. I just got some time now to go out and assess the damage, and while it wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been, there was one causality :(



My moneymaker tomato plant fell over about halfway down, snapping the central stem D: I've taken off what couldn't be fixed and trimmed the break as much as I could, but is there anything else I can do?

I hadn't been sideshooting as much as I should have, so there is one or two other branches viable for flowering/fruiting, but I've lost more than half of my crop.

... I don't suppose golf-ball sized green tomatoes are useful for anything?

 

Awww - what a shame.

I would be gutted if any of my toms fell over now. They are doing so well after all the care and preening/pruning I have lavished on them this year.

What about chutney?

You can always bung the toms in the freezer for now until you feel more able to make a decision about them.

 

John`s advice is spot on, i`d pick the strongest sideshoot and take off the rest so theres no competition for resources.
I had a few broken stems earlier in the season , i find if you spot them quick enough you can usually save them. Here`s one of the early season casualties, the break was severe literally just hanging on by a thread . I realigned the broken stem as best i could and splinted it with a bamboo kebab stick overwrapped with black insulation tape. Its all healed up and producing as well as the rest.

 

Never write off a tomato plant, they have a strong survival instinct. Here`s the stem of the repaired plant with the tape and splint removed, it wont be breaking off in the same place anytime soon.

 

WOW!!! That's amazing!!!