My tomato plants got blasted by hail last Tuesday and I thought they were done for

I was out in my backyard in Denver checking my Brandywine tomatoes after a sudden storm, and half of them looked like someone took a hole puncher to the leaves. I trimmed off the worst damage and staked them up, and now a week later they're pushing out new growth like nothing happened. Has anyone else had to emergency-prune after a freak storm and seen their plants bounce back?

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the_emery35m ago

Oh man, hail is the worst. Same thing happened to my Cherokee Purples back in June after a crazy storm rolled through. I thought for sure they were goners but I trimmed off all the shredded leaves and gave them a little fish emulsion. Two weeks later they were bushier than before. It's like they know they gotta work harder after a beating.