A week or two ago, a ground squirrel munched on my baby tomato plants. This one seems to be bouncing back, but it looks like the main stem got eaten. Is there hope that this tomato plant will be productive?

Please don't worry; all will be fine. Your munched plant will recover, grow and produce as much as is normal for the variety.

Come over to 2023 Tomato Gardening, a thread in the Vegetables and Fruits forum.

Yes, it will grow from all the suckers you see starting. Leave them alone and soon you will have a nice plant.

Thank you for your reassuring messages. I had another ground squirrel raid the other night, and six out of eight tomato plants had their leaves stripped completely off. But the scaffolding of branches is still there, and I have built a fence around my tomatoes now, so I'm hopeful that my tomato season hasn't been ruined, especially after reading your replies here. So thanks.