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Pam Moore wrote:
:: On Wed, 18 May 2005 14:15:08 GMT, "Phil L" :: wrote: :: ::: I've just removed the first suckers from my toms and also noticed ::: that one or two of them have formed small buds, soon to be ::: flowers. ::: Am I dreaming or have I read somewhere that the suckers should ::: not be left in the vicinity of the parent plant? - something to ::: do with disease etc? Also is now a good time to give them ::: fertilizer and if so what? - I have growmore, FB&B and ::: miracle-gro....they are still in 9" pots, I'm planting them ::: directly into the ground next week. :: :: It is possible to root side shoots and produce new plants. Because :: our season is so short, I sometimes try this trick. Stop one or two :: plants as soon as the first flower buds appear. Leave one leaf :: above the flower shoot. You will then get a truss of fruit sooner :: than if you leave them to make more trusses. :: If your side shoots are producing flowers already, then I would :: guess that they are bush type anyway and would not, as Harry says, :: need pinching out anyway. :: What variety are they? Shirly..not bush tomatoes - my OP was a bit misleading, the side shoots aren't producing flowers, the main plants are, hence my Q's about fertilizers. -- If God had intended us to drink beer, He would have given us stomachs. |
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