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However fall is coming and we have a fairly decent fall tomato season here in Texas. You can revive your old patch. There is no need to buy new plants.

You get a head start by simply tip layering your old plants. First, take a section of vine and remove the leaves from it. Then, dig a little hole in the ground and bury that tip section of vine in the hole, it doesn't have to be very deep, just a few inches deep is enough. Next, place the vine in the trench and cover it with soil and water that spot.

Tomatoes love to root along the vine, and within a couple of weeks you'll start to have roots already growing into the ground.

Finally, the new daughter plant or baby plant is ready to go and at that point all you have to do is just cut it loose from the mother plant by removing it along with all the mites, disease leaves, and everything.

The small daughter plant will already be rooted and raring to go for the fall.

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Out in the Garden can be seen each Saturday morning. Skip Richter, our gardening guy, has more than 15 years experience dealing with lawns, landscaping and gardens. This segment is provided by the Texas Cooperative Extension, a state agency affiliated with Texas A&M.