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A small triumph [grin}

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MaizieD Sat 19-Jul-25 13:07:43

A few weeks ago DD and I did a raid on local plant nurseries. Among my purchases were a couple of largish cucumber plants. Despite having packed them very carefully in the car, when I got home one of them had broken stem near the base of the plant.

There was a wee bit of connecting stem still attached so I carefully sliced the two ends together with some very sticky tape and planted it in the greenhouse in the hope that it might regenerate. It's now growing away well, nearly as large as the one that didn't get damaged and has flowers which will soon become cucumbers grin

I was so cross when I found it damaged, but now I'm delighted that my 'mending' has worked.

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MaizieD Sat 19-Jul-25 13:09:38

'spliced',not 'sliced', the latter would have completely destroyed it..

(How I wish I'd remember to preview before posting 😒 )

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Casdon Sat 19-Jul-25 13:17:55
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I know that feeling, it’s very satisfying isn’t it? One of my ornamental gourd plants partially snapped off at the top in the winds last week. And on the off chance because there were gourds above the break I decided to create a bodged up support going in a different direction, and tied it on. It’s worked!

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Magenta8 Sat 19-Jul-25 13:18:04

I did something similar to a tomato plant that had fallen over and broken on my balcony. I splinted it to a cane with tape and made sure it was well supported. It went on to produce plenty of cherry tomatoes.

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Flutterby345 Tue 29-Jul-25 11:11:23

I think it's like trees. You cut into the bark all the way round and the tree will die. If you leave just a small part not cut it will survive.

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