A while back, severe winds had broken some large branches on a couple of Mosaic Mix tomato plants. They were laden with green tomatoes, so I ended up just sticking them into the soil and leaving them.
It worked.

Not only are the green tomatoes continuing to ripen in the sun, but the branches themselves have started to grow new leaves among the ones that have wilted and died!
What remarkably resilient plants.
The Re-Farmer