Ophelia wrote:
>
> "Boron Elgar" > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > I only buy tomato plants that are at a steep discount or bedraggled
> > towards the end of the tomato-plant buying seasons.
>
> Do you resurrect these plants? How do you deal with them to encourage more
> fruit.. or do you save them for another year??
> I see bedraggled plants and think they are finished.

There are scientific methods for determining whether
a tomato is worth saving.

http://lisamcpherson.org/cos/images/tomato.jpg