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Tip of tomato broke off

naomi.ishaknaomi.ishak Posts: 5
in Fruit & veg
Not too sure how it happened but the tip/top part of my tomato plant broke off. Will it keep going and bear fruit? 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    It happens 🙄. 

    Hopefully your plant will develop a sideshoot
    from one of the leaf axils. 
    Normally you would nip/prune all of these out but in this case I would leave a strong one from near the top and it will take over and become the leading shoot. It’ll put things back a couple of weeks but it’ll be fine. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • naomi.ishaknaomi.ishak Posts: 5
    I had nipped the side shoots off a few days before this happened. 😫 
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It'll grow some more - don't worry  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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