So I guess the correct answer is: It depends...lol
Thanks for the feedback.

I will most likely do some of both since I only planted 15 plants of
different varieties but (I am guessing it was the compost) as of yesterday I
had 87 plants sprouting.

They are everywhere....its crazy. I even called my daughter and asked her if
she thought I might have a multiple personality and my alter ego planted all
those plants without telling me. You can guess what king of response I got.
I thinned out about 50 plants and gave them away, but no way do I see me
pulling off that many suckers. I for sure can't afford that many cages. We
have a really long growing season here so maybe I will have good results. In
fact the plants last year were still producing in November.

These renegade plants may or may not produce I have no clue, I figure I will
let them grow and see what happens.

"omi" wrote in message
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"Steve" wrote in message
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norma briggs wrote:
Okay you pro's....pull the suckers or no? I have read arguments both
ways....any consensus here?


I do it both ways. I grow a few plants in cages and the others I
stake. In the cages, I let everything just grow. The staked plants
are kept to a single stem by pulling out the suckers. Sometimes I'll
let a stake carry one sucker to make a bigger plant.

I find the advantage to the ones that are staked is that they ripen
their first tomatoes a little earlier. The ones in the cages have
the potential to produce a larger, if later, crop. Here, I'm usually
better off with the staked plants because the season is so short.

Steve

I do it both ways too. I seem to get a few more tomatoes by not pruning
the
suckers but the fruit is smaller. Olin