19-07-2007, 06:16 AM
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Flowering plants.
In article ,
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Billy Rose" wrote in message
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In article ,
"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote:
"Billy Rose" wrote in message
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In article .com,
wrote:
Hello I have tomato and jalapeņo plants, should I remove the first
flowers to promote a healthier plant
or am I thinking wrong.
Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong,
wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
Tomatoes and jalapenos have been doing this for a long time. You might
get a bigger plant with fewer peppers, maybe, but why mess with "Mother
Nature"?
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Billy
What about removing some flowers after there are already some tomatoes
growing? I always get a billion green tomatoes that all ripen in the same
week. Will removing some flowers hasten the ripening of the existing
fruit?
Hasten? No. Improve the quality? Probably.
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Billy
OK. How do I speed things up? I could take one plant hostage at gunpoint, if
maybe the other plant would notice.
Or something.
Turn your clock ahead 1 hour every day, pour a cup of espresso daily on
the plants, and put your shorts on you head while you are naked in the
garden and yell cock-a-doodle-do 7 times at 10 second intervals while
turning in an anti-clockwise direction.
The tomatoes should be ready when you are released.
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Billy
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