My yard man run over my Tomato plants with lawnmower and cut them?
Alrozz asked:
Will they grow back or are they doomed?
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Will they grow back or are they doomed?
February 25th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
unfortunately they are doomed.
February 28th, 2009 at 5:36 am
make him buy you knew ones .
February 28th, 2009 at 6:23 am
Put clear plastic over them, water them and fertilize them. You will get them to grow back in about 3 weeks. This will set them back in the whole cycle and give you some late season fruit. If you want early season fruit, but some new plants and set them out. We trimmed our sweet 100’s a month ago, after harvesting them since last year. The stems are now showing good growth about a foot high and will do OK this year. Tomatoes are like spuds, give them a chance and they will keep growing, even left in the ground year after year unless they are frozen hard.
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:18 pm
I have never seen a tomato grow back from getting cut like that. I think they are gone.
I have seen peppers grow back though.
March 5th, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Ouch. I had a groundhog eat 60-70% of my tomato plants one year, and they did grow back and produce tomatoes, although nowhere near as many as they would have otherwise. As for lawnmower damage, I would certainly consider replanting with new ones at this point rather than trying to save them now.
By the way, I put up a small electrified dog fence to keep the groundhog out. You might want to try something similar for your yard man.
March 8th, 2009 at 12:14 am
i think they are doom and if this is not his first time cutting your tomatos,u need to get u another yardman
March 8th, 2009 at 11:34 am
sorry they are gone.