Easy way to grow tomatoes from cuttings and get more free tomato plants in a week without seed started involved then transplant it to the garden like usual.
How To Root Tomato Cuttings To Make New Plants
You might want to try this surprisingly easy gardening trick for how to grow tomatoes. By this propagating tomato method, you can have multiple plants with the same variety in a short time.
If you garden or like to do a garden as a hobby, you might put tomato plants on the list. Late winter or about eight weeks before the last frost is ideal for planting tomato seeds indoors.
Once these seedlings ready to be outside then we have to start with the hardening off process for about 7 to 10 days to reduce plant shock.
Yes, that is a standard process for seed starting method. So, how if you have your favorite tomato plant already, perhaps you want more of the same variety in short times.
That is possible to do it by propagating tomato plant from cuttings to clone your favorite tomato plant in the water. Tomato plants from cutting will have a root system within a week.
Step By Step How To Root Tomato Plant From Cuttings
- When you prune tomato plants mean plucking off these suckers that grow between branches, save these cuttings that about four inches long to make them root in a week.
- Put a quarter cup of water on the glass.
- Put the tomato plant cuttings on the water.
- Keep the glass in a warm place, like a countertop or windowsill.
- Add more water if it evaporated.
- Tomato plant cuttings will have roots within a week.
When To Transplant Tomato Plant
Once the cutting has root, you can start repotting tomato seedlings to the container with a growing medium or transplanting tomatoes straight to their final spot in the garden if you still have a growing season.
If you want to keep it indoors, transplant the rooted tomato cuttings in at least one gallon container per plant.
If you plan to transplant the tomato seedling in the garden, wait until the day cooler. Early evening or an overcast day is more suitable to reduce the plant shock.
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Plant it like the usual way you do with a tomato plant. Add the best fertilizer for tomatoes into the planting hole. Keep the soil moist for the first few weeks.
If it is a hot day, try to shelter the newly transplanted tomato plant away from the heat.
These root form within a week. It sure does faster than growing tomatoes from seed.
The plant will have fruit about the same time as the mother plant because this new plant is part of the mature one from the tomato sucker that you just pruned a few weeks before.
If you have a problem with tomato hornworms, here is an excellent article to read about getting rid of the tomato hornworm.
Benefit Propagating Tomato From Cuttings
By propagating tomato plants from cuttings, you will save times, as you will have more mature plants within a few weeks instead of waiting for two months from seed starting method.
You also will get your favorite tomato plant varieties for free.
How About Rooting Broken Tomato Branch?
Since it only takes within a week or so to root tomato plant cuttings from suckers, you can also save the broken tomato branch into a new plant. You can root them in a jug of clean water.
You can also root it by sticking the stem into moist soil. Make sure to keeps the soil moist during the rooting process and out of direct sunlight.
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Skip The Seed Starting And Propagate Tomato Plant From Cuttings Instead
How To Root Tomato Plants From Cuttings
Easy way to grow tomatoes from cuttings and get more free tomato plants in a week without seed started involved then transplant it to the garden like usual.
Materials
- Tomato cuttings
- Water
Tools
- Glass container or glass jar
- Pruner or scissors
Instructions
- Prune the tomato suckers, save these cuttings that are about four inches long to make them root in a week.
- Put a quarter cup of water on the glass container or glass jar.
- Put the tomato plant cuttings on the water.
- Keep the glass in a warm place, like a countertop or windowsill.
- Add more water if it evaporated.
- Tomato plant cuttings will have roots within a week.
- Ready to transplant the newly rooted tomato seedlings into the new container with the growing medium or transplant it to the garden.
Notes
Transplant the tomato seedling in the garden when the day is cooler. Early evening or an overcast day is more suitable to reduce the plant shock.
Aw those cute little roots! Thank you so much for this, I would love to try growing tomatoes 😀 not sure if I would be any good at it but would definitely love to try haha! xx
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Try it for fun, if you get the tomatoes then it is a bonus for you!
I seriously wish you lived close to me, I would hire you to plant my garden!!!
you’re amazing!
Haha, thank you, I would like too even if you don’t hire me, hehe, I like to plant something when there is bare spot in the yard! For your garden would be awesome for the xeriscape or rock garden type.
I never knew this! Wow! Gonna give it a try.
Thank you, yes please try it, a simple gardening project!
Very interesting! My husband has been into hydroponics lately and I believe he used this method for some of his tomato starts.
Thank you! Growing hydroponics is so much fun, it also surprise me plant can grow perfectly fine without dirt needed!
So cool, thanks for the step-by-step. A surprisingly quick process.
Thank you, it is very quick!
I didn’t know you could do this with tomato plants. I will have to give this try.
Yes please try it, there is lots of plant can grow root quickly in water!
I had no idea they could sprout roots so quickly!
I know right? I was surprise too!
We lost most of our garden a few weeks ago. I will be trying this to get a few more plants to finish the year. Thanks for the tip!
Oh I am sorry to hear that, I always lost some of my plants too due to hail storm that happen each summer. Please try this method, it is quick for sure!
Thanks for the tip. I usually grow tomatoes in containers, but never got around to it this year.
Thank you, you could ask neighbor tomato’s sucker then root them in water, free plant!
What great photos! That’s really going to help my thumbs get greener! Ha!
Thank you, the greener the better, hehe
So awesome. I love tomatoes and every time I tried to grow my own I failed miserably. I guess you can say a don’t have a green thumb… These are great tips. I’ll try to do it this way next time. Thanks for the tips.
Thank you, I try so many ways of growing tomatoes, from seed, hydroponic, cutting, layering, wintersowing. Rooting them on water is the best one so far!
I don’t have a green thumb (every dies!) but you make it look so easy! Gonna have to try this 🙂
You will be surprise how fast it is, and it’s very easy to do so, please give it a try!
We just decided that we need more tomatoes in our garden! Perfect !
Awesome, more tomatoes is better!
Such a simple process! Thanks for sharing. I might just try this myself 🙂
Thank you, yes it is very simple. Please try it, you will be surprise how fast it is!
Growing my own vegetables is something I really want to get into. This is definitely encouraging.
It is so much fun when you can grow your own veggies!
Awesome! I had no idea I could do that!
Thank you, surprisingly it could and very easy to do so!
I love to garden, so thank you for sharing! This will be very useful!
Thank you, it is useful when you don’t want to start from seed!
How fun! My children love growing plants!
Yes it is, children love simple gardening project like this!
Great instructions and pictures! Ty!
Thank you, I hope it is easy to understand!
Love this shortcut! I knew it worked with onions but did not realize it did with tomatoes.
Surprisingly there is lots of plant can grow roots on water!
WOW!!! I just plucked some of those suckers tonight! I’ll have to try and sprout some new plants with them. Thanks!
Perfect timing, now you can use these sucker too!
Now to find a mature tomato plant with delicious fruit! You made that sound way easier than trying to grow them from a seed! 😛 Our wild cherry tomato plant we accidentally found is fruiting better than the potted one I bought. Makes me just want to find only wild ones. lol
It is actually simple, easy and fast! The self grown tomato plant usually stronger than the one we plant, I used to find them grow anywhere around the house too when I live in tropical country.
I absolutely love the smell of a fresh vine ripened tomato! Great tips and you do a fabulous job explaining things.
Thank you, vine ripened tomato is the best! I always try to explain things as simple as possible but easy to understand!
I love learning new tricks like this! I will be trying this one out for sure!
Yes please try it, you will be surprise how fast it is!
I had no idea you could do this with Tomato plants! Learn something new every day. LOL. I will have to give this a try!
Thank you, gardening is like experiment, hehe.
Wow I never thought to do this. Our tomatoes are slowly starting to ripen. We had so many yellow tomatoes last year. Now that I know you can freeze tomatoes I will have to try this technique. thanks for sharing!
You can make them ripe faster by cutting off the watering, or place the apple with the unripe tomatoes on the cardboard box when you pick them up in the fall!
I had no idea how to grow tomato plants like that – I have always bought them already started and then planted them! I’m going to have to try this!
Please try it, it is so easy and way better than starting from seed!
thanks lady u have amazing ideas i like that .
Thank you!
Such great tips! I never thought about trying this. I have been dreaming of planting some tomato plants and I love these tips!
Thank you, this is the easiest way ever!
awesome! I might have to try this next winter!
Thank you, yes please try it, or do it at this time and keep it indoor for winter!
Very great idea, i think i have to try this for tomato plants. Thank you for sharing your idea
Thank you, this will save your time for growing tomato from the beginning.
Do these cuttings produce tomatoes?
Yes it does, same tomato same variety as the mother’s plant.
I just learned something new! I have s beautiful garden, tomatoes do not live long here it is so hot, but I am going to try this and move the little guys to a cooler area
Yes it is, they will thrive in the cooler area before their final spot in the garden, and it is the easiest to get free tomato plants too!
This is one of the reasons I love tomatoes, they provide so many plants from a single plant. I just wish I had a longer and warmer summer to work with to make this trick truly worthwhile. I’m lucky if I can get a plant to grow enough to produce a couple of small tomatoes before the frost gets them.
I feel ya, I had much success to just cut it from the existing seedling, and ones from my Aero garden, they produce at the same time before frost coming.
You make it look so easy, Ina! I wish I had your green thumb or that we lived close to each other so I could just grab things from your garden! LOL
Awesome post!
Thank you, oh I wish we lived close too, would be fun sharing those plants for your garden.