Howdy! A few weeks ago, I found a tomato seedling sticking up out of the soil my chilis are growing in. I didn't want the tomato taking over my chilis, so I ripped it out of the dirt. To my amazement, its roots were still attached! This surprised me, because I was NOT gentle with the tomato (henceforth I shall call this "mater"). I wasn't sure if the mater was going to make it or not, but I had a think: I could try growing a hyrdo mater! Well, I grabbed a gallon pot, filled it with perlite, ever-so-carefully planted the mater in it. This "assembly" I placed into a stainless bowl I had lying around, that would serve as a reservoir. I snipped the leaves, treating the mater like a canna clone, lol. I can't argue with the results so far. She's GREEN! 
11 November, day of transplant, I think. She's very droopy here. I had, after all, just ripped her out of the dirt rather mercilessly.
This morning's shot of her. It's overcast and drizzling this morning. I think it rained all night. She's doing LOADS better, and has quite a bit new growth.
For nutes, I've been using Alaska brand Fish Fertilizer, 5-1-1. I also gave it a little rooting powder, careful not to get it on the stalk. On a mater, each little hair on the plant has the potential to become a root, is what I was taught.
I do not know yet if this is going to be her final pot. I kind of doubt it, and am anticipating a transplant, possibly into a 5-gallon bucket yet. I think that would be easier to do for keeping it hempy, than what I've got set up.
Amazingly, she hasn't lost any leaves yet, instead has grown new leaves.
11 November, day of transplant, I think. She's very droopy here. I had, after all, just ripped her out of the dirt rather mercilessly.
This morning's shot of her. It's overcast and drizzling this morning. I think it rained all night. She's doing LOADS better, and has quite a bit new growth.
For nutes, I've been using Alaska brand Fish Fertilizer, 5-1-1. I also gave it a little rooting powder, careful not to get it on the stalk. On a mater, each little hair on the plant has the potential to become a root, is what I was taught.
I do not know yet if this is going to be her final pot. I kind of doubt it, and am anticipating a transplant, possibly into a 5-gallon bucket yet. I think that would be easier to do for keeping it hempy, than what I've got set up.
Amazingly, she hasn't lost any leaves yet, instead has grown new leaves.
. Explains much. Don't buy discount seeds at Big Lots, I guess. Wasn't able to get starter plants, because nurseries and greenhouses weren't considered to b eessential businesses and, therefore, got closed down. Shame - with hte wide open outdoor spaces, and the only customer interaction being at the checkout counter, people would have been safer there than atgrocery stores. Now - at least here - grocery store employees are beginning to sicken at an alarmingly increasing rate. While, ironically, the corporate sons of bitches who run the gorcery stores have begun stating that they'll be ending the wage premiums for those employees real soon now, because states are beginning to instruct businesses in general to reopen. Just another example of the madness, I guess. I wish thta, instead of splitting my ruin-the-economy check between some irate creditors and my mother, I had chosen to spend a third of it on an eye exam and a pair of eyeglasses, and the rest on a better shotgun. Then, at least, I would have a (better) chance of successfully robbing one of those corporate chain grocery stores the next time I got really hungry. I'd have even tried pretty hard to not shoot any employees while I was loading my backpack up with food. Er... Non-salaried employees, that is. F*ck the mnagement of corporate businesses, them bastards know the score.
