[JustaDumbBlonde]

norton, about the tomato suckers, I forgot to add that if you use a sharp knife or snips to cut the suckers, you can place them in a glass of water and they will form roots along the entire stem that is submerged. Start with a good-sized sucker and you'll have a good start on your late tomatoes. Or, you can take some of the suckers from the late summer tomatoes and start your fall crop. Saves big!

My husband used to sneak into the garden and pinch suckers, because his momma was one of those oldtimers that told him suckers MUST be removed. It took me 2 or 3 years of threatening him with his life to get him to stop. The little wilted ones laying on the ground always give him away :)

[who knows what evil?]

That’s a good point...my prized Purple Haze tomato plant was ‘pruned’ by a spring thunderstorm last year. Two nice branches snapped off...stuck them in a vase with treated water for a few weeks, then re-planted them in a new container. I wound up with THREE Purple Haze plants for the price of one! Sweet.

[JDoutrider]

A Happy Easter to all of you!

Good thing we held off early planting in that false Spring we had lately... the temps are back into the twenties at night. Will hold off to plant at the traditional time of mid May... (N. MN).