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Re: Tomato plant suckers

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Kitt said:

>> A related tomato question: Is it important to trim off all
>> the suckers from a tomato plant? I have a number of
>> indeterminate, mostly cherry-type, vines that are growing on
>> bamboo tepees.The all have produced lots of suckers that are
>> also flowering and fruiting. Should I trim them off or let
>> them run rampant?

This seems to come up on the list every once in a while. It seems like 
about half of the respondents pinch off suckers, and the rest just leave 
them be.

I just leave the suckers. This year I'm VERY glad that I did because we 
had 10 hailstorms (yes, 10!). The hail knocked off a lot of the main 
vines, and I'm very thankful that tomato plants produce suckers so that I 
will still have some new vines and tomatoes!!!

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