Shouldn’t have bought this tomato plant, or should I say plants. Is my best option to just cut one?
by pregnancy_terrorist
18 Comments
luislasvegas69
Keep us posted lol. I’m invested now!
manyamile
Take them out of the pot, gently pull them apart, plant each (or pot up) as long as your weather conditions allow.
Congratulations. You are now a tomato farmer.
ApprehensiveApalca
You use a knife and separate them down the middle keeping both intact with some roots. They will both survive and you will now have 2 tomato plants
weaverlorelei
When buying tomatoes or peppers, I search for multiple plants per pot, sort of a 2-fer. They easily separate if you are just a tad careful.
BoozeIsTherapyRight
Get the soil moist, gently pull this out of the cup, and then gently tear the root ball in half, pulling the stems apart, too. Congratulations, you have two plants! Pot each up into its own pot.
I go out of my way to find multiple plants per cup if I buy veggies. Free veggies!
pregnancy_terrorist
Thank all of yall so much! I will report back 🫡
pinkbellyduckbird
you got a two for one deal, I actively seek these out. lol wet the soil, rip them apart (ime, you really don’t need to be too gentle with this though gentler will cause less root shock), plant. they’ll be fine.
MineralDragon
In general when I have two plants stuck together like this, I pull them out of the pot, go to my drive way with a hose, and rinse away the soil. At that point I can pull the two root system apart without any serious breakage to either plant.
Then I repot both of them separately. I first did this with a few tomato starts this Spring and it worked really well, but I have been doing this with other kinds of plants for a while and never had either die.
HoratioTuna27
I got a few six cell packs of brassicas last month, every cell had 2-3 plants. Separated them just fine, now I have a ton of various brassicas that I got for $6.
I bought one of the little pots of catnip at the pet store, couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t doing well, even repotted it…then I looked closer and found that the little 4” pot I bought had TEN plants in it. So, now I’ve got catnip all over the damn place.
In other words, you lucked out!
Future_Emu8684
Hold it under a hose to wash all the dirt (peat) away and it is much easier to separate
jalvv
Tomatoes are super resilient. Split them apart without causing too much harm to the roots. Transplant them on an overcast day burying 2/3 of the plant, and enjoy!
EaddyAcres
Dont be a weenie, split those kids and plant em. Or cut at ground level, pop in a glass if water a week so roots form then plant them.
TheDoobyRanger
Take the roots out of the cup and put them in a bucket of water. Agitate the water, come back in a but and do it again. At the end of the day they should pull apart with gentle effort. If you do lose roots, cut off the biggest leaves on each node and keep them out of direct sunlight for a week.
MetaphoricalMouse
what’s the issue? you got two for one mang. i do this shit on purpose for stuff i dont grow from seed
The_White_Ferret
I’d replant them in separate pots, personally
photoexplorer
I don’t actually separate mine. I actually purposely grow mine as twins. (This might be controversial LOL) They might be a bit further apart than this but basically I start my tomatoes indoors in a slightly larger container. I will put them outside soon as it is warm enough here and I always plant them in oversized pots on the deck. My containers are as large as I can get (but still easily moved) and they don’t dry out too fast. Lots of room for the roots. They seem to do just fine with 2 in a pot and that saves me space. Maybe it would grow more tomatoes or bigger, I don’t know. But it’s worked out well for me and my process.
If you choose not to separate, pot up as soon as you can they are definitely running out of room here.
AAAAHaSPIDER
You got two for the price of one! Just gently separate and plant deep.
Key-Understanding213
It isnt 2 plants its one plant that branched out below the soil. If i need to explain why i know this for 100% fact i can.
18 Comments
Keep us posted lol. I’m invested now!
Take them out of the pot, gently pull them apart, plant each (or pot up) as long as your weather conditions allow.
Congratulations. You are now a tomato farmer.
You use a knife and separate them down the middle keeping both intact with some roots. They will both survive and you will now have 2 tomato plants
When buying tomatoes or peppers, I search for multiple plants per pot, sort of a 2-fer. They easily separate if you are just a tad careful.
Get the soil moist, gently pull this out of the cup, and then gently tear the root ball in half, pulling the stems apart, too. Congratulations, you have two plants! Pot each up into its own pot.
I go out of my way to find multiple plants per cup if I buy veggies. Free veggies!
Thank all of yall so much! I will report back 🫡
you got a two for one deal, I actively seek these out. lol wet the soil, rip them apart (ime, you really don’t need to be too gentle with this though gentler will cause less root shock), plant. they’ll be fine.
In general when I have two plants stuck together like this, I pull them out of the pot, go to my drive way with a hose, and rinse away the soil. At that point I can pull the two root system apart without any serious breakage to either plant.
Then I repot both of them separately. I first did this with a few tomato starts this Spring and it worked really well, but I have been doing this with other kinds of plants for a while and never had either die.
I got a few six cell packs of brassicas last month, every cell had 2-3 plants. Separated them just fine, now I have a ton of various brassicas that I got for $6.
I bought one of the little pots of catnip at the pet store, couldn’t figure out why it wasn’t doing well, even repotted it…then I looked closer and found that the little 4” pot I bought had TEN plants in it. So, now I’ve got catnip all over the damn place.
In other words, you lucked out!
Hold it under a hose to wash all the dirt (peat) away and it is much easier to separate
Tomatoes are super resilient. Split them apart without causing too much harm to the roots. Transplant them on an overcast day burying 2/3 of the plant, and enjoy!
Dont be a weenie, split those kids and plant em. Or cut at ground level, pop in a glass if water a week so roots form then plant them.
Take the roots out of the cup and put them in a bucket of water. Agitate the water, come back in a but and do it again. At the end of the day they should pull apart with gentle effort. If you do lose roots, cut off the biggest leaves on each node and keep them out of direct sunlight for a week.
what’s the issue? you got two for one mang. i do this shit on purpose for stuff i dont grow from seed
I’d replant them in separate pots, personally
I don’t actually separate mine. I actually purposely grow mine as twins. (This might be controversial LOL)
They might be a bit further apart than this but basically I start my tomatoes indoors in a slightly larger container. I will put them outside soon as it is warm enough here and I always plant them in oversized pots on the deck. My containers are as large as I can get (but still easily moved) and they don’t dry out too fast. Lots of room for the roots. They seem to do just fine with 2 in a pot and that saves me space. Maybe it would grow more tomatoes or bigger, I don’t know. But it’s worked out well for me and my process.
If you choose not to separate, pot up as soon as you can they are definitely running out of room here.
You got two for the price of one! Just gently separate and plant deep.
It isnt 2 plants its one plant that branched out below the soil. If i need to explain why i know this for 100% fact i can.