Re: Tomatoes

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• Subject: Re: Tomatoes
• From: R* C* I* <r*@UVI.EDU>
• Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 13:10:40 -0400

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.
>
>Clark,    Harper, TX  zone 8

It will severly limit the amount of tomatoes you'll get, but the few
tomatoes you do get will be bigger. It depends on what your goal is. Since i
want TOMATOES and not a spot on a Miracle-Gro commercial, i pay no attention
to such suggestions.

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|  Cousin Ricky      USDA zone 11     |
|  rcallwo@uvi.edu   formerly zone 6  |
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