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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Ricado on February 12, 2006, 20:36:23

Title: Tomato tricks
Post by: Ricado on February 12, 2006, 20:36:23
Does anyone know of any good tricks, such as only allowing 1 truss per plant, pinching out everything else to get a crop much earlier.
Title: Re: Tomato tricks
Post by: flowerlady on February 12, 2006, 21:31:03
Flowerdew suggests that one could make do with only ONE plant :o

What you pinch out if potted on will make plants.  The shoots grow on and develop quicker than in the usual way, because it is already a  truss  ???  ;D  ;)
Title: Re: Tomato tricks
Post by: myrtle on February 13, 2006, 08:41:33
Flowerdew is right.  I've been doing that for a few years now and the shoots that I pinch out tend to grow sturdier than the original plant.  In effect, you only need to sow one seed of each variety to get all the plants you require.
Title: Re: Tomato tricks
Post by: growmore on February 13, 2006, 09:57:20
To get   some tommies earlier sow a few outdoor  type  tomatoes but grow them in the greenhouse ..They will ripen quite a bit earlier than Your cordon type greenhouse tomatoes.. Jim