So MAD, heavy winds just took out one of my tomato plants, any ideas to save it?

I was so happy this year using the upsidedown planters. They have been doing great and yet once again one of the plants just snapped due to high winds. When I plant them in the ground I lose them to everything, bugs, wind, mold. I thought this was going to be the answer. Can I save the plant at all? It is an Early girl and already had flowers.

So MAD, heavy winds just took out one of my tomato plants, any ideas to save it?
Replant and.............................pray ;)
Reply:You are preaching to the Choir. St. Louis is awful for planting...anything...all of our plants and veggies die here from the cold, cold, cold, cold weather we have every single day here. cant help...sorrry and good luck.
Reply:Sounds like it's D.O.A.





You could try the ER. (Or maybe CPR).
Reply:You cannot restart the tomato plant. I was very leary of the upside down planters. Tomato plants do not have a strong enough base stem to support a mature plant upside down.





I have a tip for ground plantings though. If you are having problems plant marigolds around the parimiter of your garden and even in between the plants if you think you need to. The insects and cutter worms hate the smell and taste of the flowers. Also, to keep rabbits and animals away......you can sprinkle some human hair around the parimeter of the garden. They smell human and stay away. My grandma taught me these. She was a country girl and lived on a farm her whole life...
Reply:Oh, I heard about those and was thinking about getting one. I might try it now that its working out so well for you. What I would reccommend is maybe taking the part that broke off and dropping the stem parts in a big jar of water, with most of the rest of the pant hanging out. Just water, mind you - but maybe you can add just a tiny bit of plant food in it - you dont want to chemcially over do it, though. Set it in a window sill. Alot of plants will begin to sprout new roots hydroponically in this way - but I am not sure if a tomato plant will or not. It's worth a shot. You should be able to see something growing in it within a week. Some of the plant might die, so just trim any withering parts off. If you dont see any results after one week, you wont be able to save it. But if you do, let it keep growing until the root is at least an inch in length and then try replanting it. If you still have some roots going on, I would just try and replant it right away.
Reply:one year i had cut worms cut every plant i had . i just said the heck with it .about a week later i noticed they were startin to shoot back out. i left them go and i really ended up with nice plants that year.if the roots are still good i would try planting them again you may be like me and get lucky.