On Fri, 14 May 2004 22:09:34 -0500 in
, "Thomas"
graced the world with this thought:

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

Good? lmao Your "relative certainty" probably would not be correct. I'm
unclear on how letting the plant continue to grow after damage would affect
taste. I'm unclear on how treatment of a plant affects taste. That would be
a product of variety, planting conditions, soil type, etc., not to mention
variables such as amount and type of watering, amount and type of fertilizer
(eg. synthetic/organic) and not limited to those criteria...

where is it I said letting a plant grow after it was damaged would
make it taste better. You're apparently putting words in my mouth. If
you can make the quote I just requested, I won't consider you a
knee-jerk jackass. My response was to your claim that whipping a
tomato plant somehow improves the plant in an unnamed mysterious way.
But in your above quote, you managed to trim the part of the post that
was being responded to. Perhaps you just need to go back to editing
school. Unfortunately for your argument, you requoted the entire post
below your top-post.
Now, if you'd care to read my response to the OP instead of you,
then make the response in the appropriate place.

By the way,
Please advise the group on the definition of a "grope suit". Clearly you
have experience in this realm , and we would love to know more. Please
elaborate.

Know how to use google? Work with us here.

"belly" wrote in message
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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?