Tomatoe plant growth.
I have 6 shirley tomatoe plants growing in my greenhouse using the
ring culture method. They are doing very well and are about 3 feet tall.Some have 3 sets of flowers but one is just showing the first truss. Apart from this they have all abundance of thick lower leaves. I normally grow in a mixture of John Innes number 3 and grow bag compost. This year I decided to add a quantiry of well rotted manure. I know that they should not be fed until the first truss has set. Has this caused the abundance of leaves.?Can I cut them off at this stage or should I wait until the first truss has set? Peter. |
Tomatoe plant growth.
On 31 May 2007 16:32:28 -0700, Peter C wrote:
I have 6 shirley tomatoe plants growing in my greenhouse using the ring culture method. They are doing very well and are about 3 feet tall.Some have 3 sets of flowers but one is just showing the first truss. Apart from this they have all abundance of thick lower leaves. I normally grow in a mixture of John Innes number 3 and grow bag compost. This year I decided to add a quantiry of well rotted manure. I know that they should not be fed until the first truss has set. Has this caused the abundance of leaves.?Can I cut them off at this stage or should I wait until the first truss has set? Peter. There may be several schools of thought on this matter. Personally, I think that leaves = flavour (via sugars, etc.), and I would not be at all hasty with foliage removal. |
Please dont remove the leaves, they are there for a purpose. The manure might have given a short burst of nitrogen hence the strong foliage. Keep going as normal.
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