My father always saved the suckers he snapped off his tomato plants in July: I laughed for years before understanding why he was right
Every July, a gardener saves the shoots he pinches from tomato plants, filling a coffee can with what looks like trash. Decades later, his child discovers these “suckers” are actually free clones—each one a fully rooted plant waiting to happen, timed perfectly to rescue the fall harvest when summer-planted tomatoes fade.
