This is my second year trying to grow tomatoes.
Last year I knew nothing and used little skinny stakes. Plant kept falling over and animals kept eating them.
This year I used cages and planted a few plants.
The one that has actually grown well and flowered well seems to be an indeterminate. Unfortunately the cage was not tall enough and the top part of the main stem has been damaged by not being proprely supported. I have supported it today, but fear it is too late.
I do not know what to do as the area of the stem above and below the damage has these sort of white spots I guess. I worry that the damaged stem can/will infect the whole plant somehow. Is this possible?
There are presently about 15 tomatoes (Green, unripened Juliet) below the damaged area and 10 less developed ones above along with other
flowers.
The best picture I could get of the damage will be posted at:
http://s178.photobucket.com/albums/w278/GingerSunshine/If you click on the image it will expand it for clearer view of damage (brown area) and weird white marks above damage (that are also below damage)
It is a picture of it now staked higher.
Any expert - not me - tomato growers out there with any advice?
Thanks for your help!