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too late to prune tomatoes ??
This is the first year of my vegetable garden & everything is growing great
(all organic, no chemicals at all). But one issue I'm having is that I decided to use cages for my tomatoes, I had no idea that these things would grow so large. I staked them a couple of weeks ago but I'm afraid it was too late. The plants are beginning to hang & droop, I'm worried that the plants are going to break as they are so loaded with fruit. Now I hate to prune branches w/fruit but I had rather have some thna none at all abe cause the plant breaks @ the "trunk". Should I trim the branches that are hanging ? -thanks |
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too late to prune tomatoes ??
Reply-To: "James Bass"
From: "James Bass" Newsgroups: rec.gardens The plants are beginning to hang & droop, I'm worried that the plants are going to break as they are so loaded with fruit. Now I hate to prune branches w/fruit but I had rather have some thna none at all abe cause the plant breaks @ the "trunk". Should I trim the branches that are hanging ? - Tomatoes can go up and they can go down--no problem--you could take some twine and tie the drooping branch near a fruit clusterto the cage for added support. Tomatoes are sprawlers and are happy going every which way--take advantage of your eager plants desire to grow and producem forget this pruning nonsense. |
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too late to prune tomatoes ??
James Bass wrote:
This is the first year of my vegetable garden & everything is growing great (all organic, no chemicals at all). But one issue I'm having is that I decided to use cages for my tomatoes, I had no idea that these things would grow so large. I staked them a couple of weeks ago but I'm afraid it was too late. The plants are beginning to hang & droop, I'm worried that the plants are going to break as they are so loaded with fruit. Now I hate to prune branches w/fruit but I had rather have some than none at all and cause the plant breaks @ the "trunk". Should I trim the branches that are hanging ? -thanks James, I have been growing tomatoes for over 40 years and I have found that it is better to just let them grow. If you prune them now you will not get many late season tomatoes. Prop them up the best you can. There is one other rule that you must follow when growing tomatoes. It is: share your tomatoes with your friends and neighbors. -- Bill R. (Ohio Valley, U.S.A) Digital Camera: HP PhotoSmart 850 For pictures of my garden visit http://members.iglou.com/brosen Remove NO_WEEDS_ in e-mail address to reply by e-mail |
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too late to prune tomatoes ??
Thanks for the feedback.
I actually did that a couple of weeks ago & figured I would be allright, I even have bungee cords on the stakes to try & keep them upright, but they just keep spreading out. I think that next year I will try some of the tomato ladders from gardeners.com. -thanks again James "Frankhartx" wrote in message ... Reply-To: "James Bass" From: "James Bass" Newsgroups: rec.gardens The plants are beginning to hang & droop, I'm worried that the plants are going to break as they are so loaded with fruit. Now I hate to prune branches w/fruit but I had rather have some thna none at all abe cause the plant breaks @ the "trunk". Should I trim the branches that are hanging ? - Tomatoes can go up and they can go down--no problem--you could take some twine and tie the drooping branch near a fruit clusterto the cage for added support. Tomatoes are sprawlers and are happy going every which way--take advantage of your eager plants desire to grow and producem forget this pruning nonsense. |
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