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Re: Tomato Bonsai


On Mon, 6 Apr 1998 17:01:47 -0400 Landrum Haddix <lhaddix@iglou.com>
writes:

>It's two weeks till hardening off begins and they have begun to flower.
>Growth has slowed because they are pot bound, but I'm afraid if I
>transplant  again they will start growing like mad.
>
>My question is:
>
>Does the fact that they have already begun to flower mean that they
>finished growing and will not put on additional growth when
>transplanted?

You don't say if they are determinate or indeterminate but they will
continue growth when transplanted. I suggest that you pinch off the bud
clusters until they are transplanted. I suggest transplanting into a
deeper container. I use 1/2 gal milk cartons. Remove all but the
uppermost leaf stems and plant as deep as possible. New roots will form
on the main stem.

> Also if a transplant becomes pot bound, but still receives adequate
water, >light, nutrients, can it resume normal growth without permanent
set back?

Yes, but you are wasting root growing time by not transplanting into a
deeper container. This will slow the top growth while new roots are
developing.

oldjohn@juno.com
John Orwick
El Monte, CA [20 miles east of Los Angeles]
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