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Aquaponic tomatoes

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Roy starts with ...
HI All,
I've got a very basic, home made, aquaponic set up as part of my koi pond filter system. Last summer I successfully grew a grape tomato which grew to about 4.5m long. I was about to pull it out today but found the main stem is still alive.
Any ideas on whether I should leave it for this spring/summer - will I get new shoots and fruit from the old vine ?
Its root system has totally taken over the container (old grease trap) which it shares with a capsicum plant.
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Roy
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5th August 2014 7:55pm
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symiot says...
Why bother Roy? Even if it does produce, I am fairly sure it will not be anywhere as productive as last season. Start fresh...most people would have pulled that out months ago. Not worth it in my opinion.
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JohnMc1 says...
If it's growing a nice fresh tip shoot you can strike that before you pull the plant. It will be an identical clone to the original.
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Julie W says...
I have pruned back Grosse Lisse tomatoes a couple of times. Each time, they didn't do very well over summer, but produced better next season after being cut back. So I think it's worth a try, if only as an experiment.

That's what gardening is all about, trying different things.
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