On 21/05/2011 14:12, David in Normandy wrote:
Someone said that tomatoes can be made sweeter by sprinkling a little
sugar around the plants. Would this really work? Would the plants absorb
the sugar and store it in the tomatoes? I'm somewhat dubious.

Not a chance. It might possibly get metabolised in the roots or in
excess it could prevent the roots taking up water from the soil.

You could try surrounding the plant with old round red noses to
encourage fruiting... that has about as much chance or working.

Regards,
Martin Brown