How do you get new tomato plants from cuttings?

[EstimatedProphet]

I tried sticking cuttings in some topsiol in planters, and most of them didn't take. One is just sitting.

[BOSSHOG]

1. You may want to put the cuttings

in a vase of water. Then you can see when (if) they produce roots. I've been somewhat successful with this method. I usually give the water a little bit of miracle grow.

[EstimatedProphet]

3. OK

[XemaSab]

2. Rooting hormone might help

And usually propagation is done in perlite, not topsoil. :shrug:

[EstimatedProphet]

4. It's what I had on hand

[Kolesar]

5. Fertilized topsoil is likely to have hormones in them that interfere with cuttings' growth

That is what I read about garden center topsoils like Miracle-gro.

[EstimatedProphet]

6. This was just straight topsoil

I stay away from things like Miracle-Gro, for just that reason.

[Juneboarder]

9. Have you tried Fox Farms Grow Big???

I have an abundance of tomatos this year and this is the only food I've used...

http://www.foxfarmfertilizer.com/products_liqfert1.html

[asdjrocky]

7. I always know that at least you, or me, will ask the question.

Funny, I came here just now to post the same question you just asked.

[EstimatedProphet]

8. Interestingly enough, 1 of the 3 seemed to make it

So if you want to be lazy and take all your cuttings and stick them in dirt, so that maybe a few transplantable ones will come out, that might work.

[madeline_con]

10. What XemaSab said.

Rootone is one brand name. The water rooting method should work, too.

[ThomWV]

11. Rootone and lots of water

Stick the cut end into Rootone and then stick it in the dirt, keep it real damp for a week or so. Usually works. Sometimes I just take suckers I pull off and stick them in the dirt - quite a few of them take.

[shireen]

12. i used to root them in water. nt.