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Re: Tomatoes

At 09:42 AM 5/20/97 -0500, you wrote:
>I received some free cards from a company named "Gardening Made Easy"
>wanting me to subscribe to their service.
>One of the cards was about tomatoes and one of the tips on growing them
>said the following;
>
>"Pinch out the top of the plant once it has grown 4 flower bunches. Now the
>plant can ripen its fruit instead of growing taller."
>
>IS THIS A GOOD PRACTICE OR NOT?
>
>It seems to me this would really limit the amount of tomatoes you get from
>a planting.

>!You are right, it will limit the amount of harvest per plant. However,
the plant will put all of its energy into ripening the fruit. The fruit
will be bigger. I was told by a master gardener this is how people grow
record size pumpkins, etc.. I plan to do the same with all my vine crops.
Good luck.!>

>Clark,    Harper, TX  zone 8
>
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