A shame that the plant broke, but well done for saving it good job, with excellent instructions on how to root the broken piece

That was one sad looking tomato stem after you trimmed it...at day 8 it looked much happier. Thank you for this. Yesterday I accidentally broke one of my tomato plants in a similar way. It is much younger than yours and I did not save the part that broke, but I will in the future. All because of your video. Thank you.

Another option is to heal the break. You do this by putting the tomato branch back, stick some washi\masking tape around the join and provide some kind of brace for the join so the branch doesn't flop around. I've tried this before and the break healed. This is especially effective if the branch is still connected in a small way.

A little tip : I made a couple of cutting tools for harvesting and pruning garden plants by taking a couple of old rusty putty knives I had . Since no one putty’s windows any more . I sharpened all three sides on the putty knives to a kitchen knife sharpness . They work great in garden and can get close to main stem for pruning plants . Works great as a grafting knife too

Great video. I would suggest a alternative way of planting the broken stem. Dig a horizontal trench as long as the end, to the start of the curve of the plant. About 4" to 5" deep. Lay the plant in the trench with the top pointed up and fill in, making sure no leaves touch the ground. Water well as you suggest. It's easier for the plant to grow roots and get water in the shallow trench than deeper hole. Works well for tall spindly new seedlings too. Cheers

This guy makes me wish I had land. Alas, I live in the city since that's where all the jobs are. Still, top notch work dude. You got a sub out of me.

I had no idea this was possible! I'm thankful to you for teaching us this! I'll never forget it, or from whom I learned it from. Say hello to the family from Pennsylvania, USA

Hello from your new subscriber all the way from London UK 🙋. I've only just discovered your channel by KZfaq suggesting it and it's one channel I watched where I watched one video and subscribed the moment I saw your good humour and straight forward simple lessons on producing abundant life. I say you are the Steve Erwin of the cultivating world and he was also a pleasure and education to watch.

Very timely video Mark! A large branch broke half way off one of my determinate bush goliath tomato plants this past weekend. It was loaded with green tomatoes. I added some more support and used electrical tape to try to repair the break. Time will tell if this works.

My tomato plant broke overnight and I am so glad that I found your straightforward and well-explained video. Thank you!

Your advice is so important and useful! I've learned much from you and appreciate it!!!! Thank you so much!

Good tip. Love the consistent uploads 👍

Just a a big branch snap off...and after 30mins searching online, this is the best video on what to do! 👍😎

I've used bread ties before to keep broken limbs together on a tomato plant and pepper plant after a rabbit had a field day in my garden. After a week and half to 2 weeks, the broken pieces had mended themselves back to the main stem, and then got a whole crop of fruit.

Love the videos, Mark! Keep up the entertaining and informative content!

This is my first time gardening, I started early this spring. I love it, I love checking on the progress of my plants in my raise bed and in my Tower Garden each and everyday. I also love watching your videos and getting some cool tips on gardening, thank you sir.

Mark,you are a real character to watch.The joy you share is a celebration of life!!You adore your chickens too,I get a kick out of that.Thanks man!!

Thank you so much- this will be helpful in my tomato patch! Love from Oregon!

I really enjoy watching your videos. Thank you for taking the time to make them

I love your attitude and I've learned loads from you. Thanks for the videos and keep it up!! Spread the love 😁😁

Thank you for these videos Mark, they are very soothing to put on in the background while I work on other things, and I learn about plants at the same time! Cheers from Dallas Texas.

Thanks Mark! I learned something today. Your garden's lovely as always, and I always enjoy your clips. Have a great day & blessings to you and your family.🙏💖😊

You can really see just how much plants want to live. If you give them any chance they will do their best to take it. Really love that you did the follow-up a few days later. Good to see whether it worked or not. Always like gardeners who show their work.

Love your channel. Great tips on growing.

legit, this is my favorite channel on KZfaq! thanks for all the info! I'm starting my backyard garden this year, so this is how I'm spending my evenings now :) I have a nice visit with Mark and learn as much as I can! best to you!

Thank You. Love your video's. I am learning so much. New subscriber.👍

Never thought I could do that! Great video Mark :)

Just had over a months rain in a day here in the UK, I'm under about 3 inches of water, good vids mate!

Caught this video last week ..lucky for me because today I found a broken stem so now I'm putting it to the test Thanks for the videos mate

Great video! Thanks. I've had this happen to me, too. We use strips made from nylon stockings to tie up the plants. They are indestructible.

Yep, good info Mark... I've used this technique in the past and it definitely works. Cheers Adam

I had no idea! Thank you for the tip!

I got so excited in the first days of Spring here in Tasmania. That planted my Tomato's to early and Frost hit them hard. A couple are actually coming back but the majority had to be replaced. Great video cheers

Love all your videos Mark. Thanks for sharing. Have a fantastic day..!!

Excellent. You just saved us some money for a new plant. Had tried that before but never knew to bury it up to its neck and that's why it never worked. Thanks!

My grandmother's favorite variety of tomatoes is Rutger's. She taught me to plant up to the lowest leaf. Nice to hear an echo to grandma's wisdom. Thank you.

ahh! wish i knew this a fortnight ago. I planted out a few broken stems after a heavy wind broke them but didnt know to trim them or water as much as you suggested. thanks for this and all your videos they have helped me alot! :)

By now I have watched quite a few of your videos full of tips and hints. Thank you for your efforts and keep enjoying your work. Best wishes from Fiji.🌴🌺

Thank you so much Mark! I was about to lose hope with my tomato plant. But I decided to check your Channel to see if there was anything I could do and of course there was! Thank you so much sir!

Thank you so much for this video. My yellow pear tomato plant is snapping everywhere because is too big for the container I have it in. I'm going to replant one of the broken stem today . Keep the information coming.

I did that when I was a little kid working in the garden I’m 70 now and when I was little I accidentally broke off part of a tomato plant and I didn’t want to get yelled at so I stuck it in the ground and watered it thinking no one would notice . Well to my amazement it grew and produced like the other plants . Then I told my father and he was proud of me . That’s how I learned to do what your teaching now. Yeah that was my job when I was a kid . Dad said if you wanna eat you have to work at it . I was a proud little gardener .

Just what I needed😍 thank you so much 😊 Greetings from 🇳🇴 xx

I had this happen to 2 of mine and didn't know this. Thank you so much for this video and information.

Thanks so much for your video! I was really freaking about about my tomato plant snapping! Now I will have more plants!

Thank you for your helpful advice!!

Great advice, I am growing my produce this year.2 days ago we hd bad storm and bent over my good looking tomatoes . Now I got idea how to fix once it broke.

Lol the end when you say yes I’m going to go around like a eagle eye and check on everything! Thanks for the tips, I love your channel 🙂

Thanks for sharing.Now I'm going to check my plants we been having storms here everyday this week and last week.

Thank-you for the help....my tomato plant broke this morning...thanks again

Awesome episode Mark!

We just had a storm last night and found my cherry tomato broken. The stem that broke off had most of the little cherry tomatoes too. So i'm going to try this and update in a week how things go. I gotta say though, I feel better about the situation already. Knowledge is power!

Great info Mark! Rain and wind here in Ireland at the moment so I'll be in the garden taking your advice soon as I get home! Liam.

I've always chucked that bit in the compost bin thinking it was was a gonner. Will try this tip thanks Mark

Great info! Really enjoyed the video!

Mark, another great video thank you! An alternative way to tie maters... After suffering the same problem years ago due to narrow/various material ties, I switched to 'flour sack' kitchen towels. I start with a cut, then tear allowing for a straighter cut, about 1/2 inch wide. I keep the fabric as open/flat as I can and secure each with a knot that I can gently pull and release the single knot. That way in a day or two when the plant has relaxed to its new position I can re do with proper tension. Also, this knot allows for harvest of the ties at end of season to be used for at least one more season. Eventually they do wear out/sun rot but I always get at least one more year use. Using this material I have very few 'stem damage' issues. I also plant all maters and peppers straight vertical and up to the crown, as you show, for photo synthesis. The much longer root system this creates makes a stronger plant able to withstand forgotten watering etc than if planted only as deep as the pot it was started in. Mark, please show us how to start Moringa from seed. And any other tips for Moringa you think would help those of us just learning about the fabulous Moringa Tree. Thank you for every thing, the many things you teach us!!!!!

Works great ! Also works when something eats the plant and it breaks. Thanks mate

I learn so much on your channels

Thank you so much for the great tips 👍🌱🍅

A big thank you for the wonderful idea just wow

Well explained, thanks.

Good tips mate. Thanks.

I didn't know you could do that, good information thanks

I can't get over how much you have growing at one time! Me, I have 6 tomatoes in two different kinds. Just enough force me & my wife. You have a (farm) as opposed to a victory garden.

Thank you you answer my questions I was looking for

Good tip. I did this last year to expand from just one plant

Thanks for the tutorial! 🙂

Big harvest coming up, exciting!

I like to save the broken tomato plants too . Great tips friend 😊

This just happened to me last night! Thank you

Big thumbs up from me! Great tips, your tomato plants are monster!

"That's buggered" applies to most of my tomato plants I grew from seed this year. The only one that survived throughout the summer, and which reached a height of 3 feet, started producing 3 tiny tomatoes (the first ones it's ever produced), when I decided to cut the plant in half and clone it (because it's in a hanging basket and was getting too tall). So far the leaves have all died so it probably won't survive (hopefully I'm wrong) I've also managed to kill off all the seedlings I grew, through mainly overwatering.(I also dropped something on one which was doing well;:also buggered). But I endeavour to persevere. Your video has encouraged me a lot.

Awesome video!!!! Only wish I saw it a week ago after a storm blew threw and snapped 4 of my plants. Now I know...😁TFS!!!!!💕🌱

Thanks for the info I'll try the next time I grow some tomatoes

I like the logic here. You're treating the broken plant as if it were a cutting and with all soft cuttings you're supposed to leave some leaves at the top to promote photosynthesis *and* root growth. Having too many leaves simply diverts energy to them instead of to developing root growth and if a cutting has no roots by the time its energy is used, its pretty much dead. I tried propagating currant and gooseberry cuttings this year (my first time ever) and I thought I had a 100% success rate with them because they all showed leaves. However, within a month all of the currants 'died' and only two of my gooseberry cuttings still had leaves. I decided to pull them up and realized none of the currants had roots while the two gooseberry cuttings did. I'm not 100% sure where I went wrong but there's always next year. :)

Thank you so much! I was literally just out in my garden and THAT happened. Only difference is the there are three small green tomatoes on it. I stuck it in the soil but you've shown a better way. I'm actually going to put it directly into a container of water. Thanks again.

As long as u keep putting out videos we'll be fine. Thanks mate.

Thanks for this- I've got a couple of tomato trees in pots that are going wild and keep breaking but producing really well. Always wondered if the broken bits could be saved!

So funny this came up in my feed today. We had some thunderstoms in NJ last night, and two quite sizeable branches snapped off of a couple of my tomato plants. I immediately cut them off and put them in water. I'll be gifting them to a friend. I have no room for more plants.

Thanks for the info! Going to try this.🍅

Brutal. Thank you!

Good to know. Thanks!

Excellent trick. I started out with 17 tomato plants this year. 4 varieties. Every time I trim them, I plant them. I have over 75 tomato plants now

Thank you sir Very good idea 💡

thank you so much Mark for your videos, my husband and i are very new to producing our own produce and your videos have helped us heaps, i hear the cockatoo in the background in this video,how do you stop the cockatoos from wrecking all your crops, they have ruined my watermelon, ripped apart tomato plants, pulled up shallots, ruined passionfruits, ripping lemons off my trees etc about to give up. have nets over things and fake snakes and even have shiny silver plastic ribbon blowing in the wind but its still not stopping them, and no, i dont feed them seed or anything or encourage them into my garden. any help appreciated, i dont want to harm them in any way.

handy tips mark, never thought of doing that with the brakes. good stuff

Awesome man. Have a great Thursday, Andreas 🇸🇪

Just learned something new thanks 👀

Great work Friend! Thank you for sharing the video with us.👌👍😎JP

Love your videos.

Thank you!!

good information ty.

U gotta love a man who loves growing his own - G'day mate!

Tie your tomato stalks up with stretchy material for less breakage. I use old nylon stockings, knee-highs or pantyhose cut in strips. They have a little give and won’t cut or scar the stalk as does wire. Nylon dries easily too

Hi Mark I wonder if you know about Hungarian Heart tomatoes., absolutely amazing taste. They only contain five, six seeds, super low acidity and very meaty. Thanks for the great tips.

I did not know this. I’m crying for all the lives I could have saved 😭😭👍🏻👍🏻tfs

ay thanks mate

now that is a great idea, thank you , will apply to this years tomatoes, as I am clumsy when tying up the plants, i break quite a few off, . so lests see?

Hey there Mark(I hope I have your name right), Exactly the information I was looking for, thank you. You have a terrific channel here. Be well.

Hi Mark, Just love your vids. Even though I'm in wet, drafty ol' Blighty and I can't grow most of the stuff you do, I still find your stuff informative and interesting. I especially love your enthusiasm and passion. I'd like to share: perhaps your tommy broke because the tie you are using is quite hard and narrow. I use strips of cut-up tights (panty hose). They make a nice kind, streachy loop that gives with growth and in the wind, reducing snapping. Also, the texture and streach ties fairly securely with a single knot for re-use or re-positioning and a double knot is super firm. Or, I put one end of a piece of string (or trainer lace - I seem to get two pairs when I buy... ) under the tommy plant root ball when I plant. Then I snake it up theplant as it grows, looping the other end to the support. But this method is a bit fiddly if you have more than a handful of plants. I hope this is useful - Cheers mate!

I am soo interested in growing vegetables - you are so knowledgable. New subscriber, thank you. Any hints on how to grow veggies in UK where climate isn't as good as yours 🤔🤔🤔🤔