[Red_Devil 232]

I have twelve tomatoe plants 3 each of Early Girl, Ark. Traveler, Roma and Big Boy. They are all in the ground. I also have one Cherry in a planter. 2 EG, 2 Big Boy, 1 Roma and 1 AT and the Cherry have blooms. My growing season can extend into October (it did last year).

These guys are well established and doing great, so far, about a foot tall right now with nice strong stems about as big as a little finger. They have been in the ground for about 3 weeks.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I would take those first blooms off, then. You have plenty of growing season ahead of you and taking off the blooms will give you stronger, bushier plants. They’ll put their energy into roots, versus fruit. (And yes, a Tomato is a FRUIT! So is a Pepper.) Did you know that the “fruit” on a Strawberry is actually each of the annoying little seeds and NOT the juicy berry? That’s just the “host.” It’s true!

Leave the cherry tomato alone, because you’ll be old and gray before you get all the blooms off of a cherry tomato plant, LOL!