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Will my tomato plants survive this ? Hail Storm

Posted on 4/3/25 at 9:50 am
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
27929 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 9:50 am
We had a terrible hail storm 3/25 that beat my tomato plants up pretty bad, I'm trying to decide to replant or not.

They do have some new growth since the storm


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Posted by crewdepoo
Hogwarts
Member since Jan 2015
10897 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 10:00 am to
Lol that sucks. I'd probably replace them. You can get some that size for under $10per.
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
34095 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 10:16 am to
If there are still green leaves, then you are fine.

I would add dirt around the plant up to the top of the plant. Only expose a few green leaves. The stems will make advantageous roots. The plants will be fine as long as you have undamaged leaves.

That's how you should plant tomatoes, btw. It makes for a much stronger plant.
Posted by Churchill
Member since Apr 2009
631 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 10:51 am to
Yes
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
60635 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 11:27 am to
I would replant those rather than waste half of the growing season and then replanting.

Did your vehicles or roof get torn up…that’s a pretty bad hailstorm?
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
27929 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 11:33 am to
quote:

Did your vehicles or roof get torn up…that’s a pretty bad hailstorm?


Yes, we had no warning so I left it in the driveway.

My truck has 15K miles on it

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Posted by Deerhunter62
Member since Mar 2014
349 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 6:24 pm to
If you can stand to look at them the rest of the spring, and get half the crop, keep them. I've tried saving mine in the past and was sorry I didn't replace.
Posted by Bamafig
Member since Nov 2018
6005 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 6:55 pm to
Hail no
Posted by Turnblad85
Member since Sep 2022
4664 posts
Posted on 4/3/25 at 7:46 pm to
Looks like you have about 2x to many in that container anyway. I'd replace a few and also leave one or two of the damaged. I think they will make it out and it would be interesting to see.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
19451 posts
Posted on 4/4/25 at 8:06 am to
Yeah, that sucks, but count your blessings that they were at least small plants.

About 25 years ago a big hail storm hit my area in the mid fall months and I had a dozen or so tomato plants that had huge tomatoes just starting to ripen and that storm made tomato juice out of them. It was so bad it stripped most of the foliage off my Japanese plum and tangerine tree, along with all the citrus ripening.

Actually, everything I had in my fall/winter garden was destroyed and ended that garden until the spring planting.

My pickup looked like I parked it on a driving range and it was used for a target. Not a good night for me, and one I hope to never repeat.
Posted by Tigers4Lyfe
Member since Nov 2010
6362 posts
Posted on 4/4/25 at 8:36 am to
Man I saw the first pic and said they are fine.

But the second pic, yeah I'd replace them.
Posted by omegaman66
greenwell springs
Member since Oct 2007
26329 posts
Posted on 4/4/25 at 12:10 pm to
lol same here
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