Re: Too tall tomatoes?

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• Subject: Re: Too tall tomatoes?
• From: B* C* <b*@AWINC.COM>
• Date: Sun, 24 Aug 1997 09:33:51 -0700
• In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19970823192716.3a578748@popd.ix.netcom.com>

Hi,

> My tomato plants are 7 1\2 ft. tall & I'm wondering if they are expending
> too much energy growing & not enough in actual tomato production.

> Also I'm wondering if new blossoms this late in the season ( N.E. Ohio )
> will divert energy, would it make any sense to cut a couple feet off the top?

>                                         Thanks,

I'm assuming you're talking about indeterminate tomatoes.  You can indeed pinch
off the growing tip and this will concentrate the plants' vigour into ripening
the fruit already set.  Rather than cut off the top two feet you could opt to
pinch out just the top and the most recent flower clusters, leaving the leaf
intact as it is providing additional photosynthesis which will also aid in
ripening.

Cheers!

--
 Bob Carter  -  bcarter@awinc.com
 Kootenay Bay, BC, Canada  -  Zone 6b
--

That was zen and this is tao

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