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Old 31-07-2009, 02:17 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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K wrote:
Ophelia writes
sutartsorric wrote:

Oh yes I do still have a lot of flowers too. I don't really know
when to stop allowing them to grow. Any advice would be most
welcome.

That is a tricky one. My late father in law who used to grow them
commercially (under glass) would never let his plants have more than
four trusses and no side shoots. He would be pulling his hair out if
he could see my outdoor plants which I just leave to grow to above
the tops of the stakes I have tied them to.



Nearly everyone you meet will have their own idea on whether or not
to take off any flowers above the 'n'th truss, and it depends if
you want a number of decent sized fruits or lots of variable sized
ones all over the plant.

Well these are meant to be wee. They are Tumblers yassee) There
seems to be plenty of trusses and variable sizes are ok with me!

You don't need to stop those.

Good) Thank you



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