On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 02:42:24 GMT, George wrote:

I vaguely recall once reading that cutting the lower (lowest?)
side-shoots of your tomatoes cause something good to happen. True? If
true, is there a 'window of opportunity' for doing it? Ours are about
1' high right now.

Thanks,
George

Hi George some varieties of tomatoes are bush tomatoes these you leave to
get on with it and take out no side shoots.
Others you can grow as a cordon. With this method you pinch out ALL the
side shoots as they appear,or when you see them (not critical). When the
plant has 3 or 4 trusses of flowers you pinch the top of the plant off and
stop it growing. All the plants energies then goes into the forming fruit.

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Regards From
Wane Smooth

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