Are these tomatoes looking okay ?

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Hi there, I am a new gardener and somone very kind recently pointed out that my tomato plants main stem had been broken and will most likely need replacing, these are my others I have and I just wanted to ask everyone’s opinion on wether these babies are looking okay? With a good stem? Any help will be up most appropriated. Thank you for welcoming me to such a wonderful community!
 

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Coming on nicely, difficult to tell from the photos, but a purple colour to the stem can mean not quite warm enough.
They are early enough that you can use a side shoot to make a cutting when they develop them, an easy way to replace the broken one. They will root in water, but I use a polystyrene cup of earth with holes in the bottom floated in a larger cup of water, water roots have to adapt when you put them in soil. It is good too to have some ahead and some later, easy to get a huge glut of tomatoes and then none.
 
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They look good to me. Give them a little more time before trying to harden them out.
I'm about ready to set out 5 yellow pear tomatoes + marigold sets. I have some Brandywine Tomatoes that I'll probably be able to set out next week.
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Better than OK!
Be careful not to over-water them; that's the biggest fault new gardeners make, (did thatmyself many years ago), it's just that it happens SOOOOOOOO often, it's worth warning about, & nothing personal.
Welcome indeed.
 
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I left ours to Zigs this year bees, I always seem to over-water - jolly good point !
 

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