- 1). Cut a branch from any favorite tomato plant in late summer, using sharp, clean garden shears. Choose an indeterminate variety -- the kind of tomato plant that will grow into a long vine if not clipped -- rather than the bushy, height-limited determinate plants.
- 2). Section the branch into cuttings with your shears. The length is not important but leave at least two sets of leaves per cutting.
- 3). Clip off the leaves on the cuttings, leaving only one leaf on the top of each. Place the cuttings together in a container of water. Choose a sunny window and position the container on the inside ledge.
- 4). When the cuttings root, plant each one in a prepared flower pot. Move the potted cuttings into a sunny, protected place outdoors where the cuttings will blossom quickly. Keep outdoors until frost threatens.
- 5). Transfer each plant to a sunny window sill. Use nails and string to construct a trellis to hold the vine and ripening fruit. Water and fertilize with any standard liquid nutrient mix. Pick and eat tomatoes as they ripen.
- 6). In early spring, prepare cuttings from the window-sill plants to transplant outdoors into your summer garden. Start early enough that you will have potted cuttings already in blossom to transplant when all chance of frost has passed.
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