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Could someone please answer this question.

Should I cut back on my tomato plant to produce more tomotoes? It has grown all over the small garden.

7 posted on 07/27/2012 7:17:04 PM PDT by mickie (My grandson is a Marine...God Bless them all!)
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Yes. Cut off the growing tips.


15 posted on 07/27/2012 7:27:54 PM PDT by bigheadfred
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Whether or not to prune your tomatoes depends on a few things ... the type of soil, available nutrients, and the length of your growing season.

I did a little sort of experiment a few years ago -- pruned and pinched tomatoes on one row and left the others go except for really weak suckers, which I removed. I got far more tomatoes from the plants that were allowed to go wild, and the fruit was not appreciably smaller than the pruned tomatoes and there were many, many more of them.

My tomatoes get tied to a rebar stake in an effort to keep them somewhat in check, but other than that they receive minimal pruning. I get tomatoes by the wheelbarrow full. That is the story for my area because I have a growing season of 8 months or so. In a shorter season, you may want to concentrate on a few less slightly larger fruit.

19 posted on 07/27/2012 7:34:50 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde (Don't wish doom on your enemies ... plan it.)
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