Once you've trimmed your plant, however, you don't have to throw all those lovely sucker leaves away. You can turn them into brand-new tomato plants to multiply your garden and bring even more fresh tomatoes back to your table! In a TikTok video, backyard gardener Adelaide (@_thatgardenchick_) shows how she cut a pool noodle into sections and used them to float tomato suckers so they could sprout their own roots. By hacking a cheap pool noodle into little mini-floats for your suckers, you can make a hydroponic rooting station that helps each sucker sprout into its own plant within a few days to a week. Here's how to follow the ingenious hack, tips for sprouting and replanting your suckers, and some potential drawbacks to be aware of.
Float Suckers In Water To Encourage Root Growth
To follow this gardening hack, start by cutting a pool noodle into cross-sections about 1 to 2 inches thick. Cut two slits in the side of each resulting "donut" shape, but be careful not to cut all the way through to the center hole. Slide one sucker into each of the slits you've just created and adjust until the stem pokes out from the bottom of the donut. You can also span a paper clip across the donut and float the plants through the center hole. Finally, float them directly on top of water in a large container. If you're having trouble balancing the plants as they grow, you could attach several noodle pieces together to create one hydroponic mega-float. When the roots are 1 inch long, it's time to transplant your hydroponic plants into your summer garden.
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