On Fri, 14 May 2004 21:04:31 -0500 in
, "Thomas"
graced the world with this thought:

In fact, there is a school of thought that to increase
production of tomato flowers and fruits is to (literally) beat or flog the
plant. I have read of this many times, but not tried it.

Good, because unless it makes the tomato taste better, I'm relatively
certain you'd get better production just by planting another plant.

Did the places you read this suggest you to wear a grope suit while
you did this?