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Old 08-08-2004, 12:30 PM
Pat Kiewicz
 
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Default tomatoes are red with green around the stem

Ed Stuart said:

O.K., how do I, "maintain good foliage cover"?

Overly zealous pruning of staked tomatoes should be avoided.
If you *are* staking the tomatoes, prune them to two or three stems
rather than one single one. Keep an eagle eye out for pests --
especially hornworms. Limit loss of foliage to disease by good
mulching and watering practices (and maybe preventative treatment
if foliar diseases have been a chronic problem in the past).

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