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do you pinch off the suckers on your Tomato plants?
Posted on 4/12/14 at 11:30 am
Posted on 4/12/14 at 11:30 am
I've never done it, but I'm starting this year because I planted more plants than usual and they're closer together. Is this an old wive's tale or does it really make a difference?
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Posted on 4/12/14 at 11:43 am to LSUlefty
I used to but the last 2 years I haven't and the yield is better.
My plants are close together and they grow into each other and help support them; I also put a stake on each one but there is no need to tie branches as they support each other. I had 6 better boys last year and would have over 100 tomatoes on my counter for over a month. Mine are already over my knee and blossoms everywhere.
My plants are close together and they grow into each other and help support them; I also put a stake on each one but there is no need to tie branches as they support each other. I had 6 better boys last year and would have over 100 tomatoes on my counter for over a month. Mine are already over my knee and blossoms everywhere.
Posted on 4/12/14 at 11:44 am to LSUlefty
I do it. It makes the plants easier to maintain. I've done with and without suckers, and without is far easier to deal with. I have 70 plants this year, so I'll be busy pulling suckers.
Posted on 4/12/14 at 1:31 pm to LSUlefty
I always have bc that's how I was taught. My father in law doesn't. His yield is better but my tomatoes are bigger. We both plant celebrities, Amelia and better boy
Posted on 4/12/14 at 2:53 pm to LSUlefty
A great childhood memory was my dad teaching me to pull suckers off of his tomato plants. Even the smell of a tomato brings back those memories. Finding Hornworms was fun as well. Now my kids are doing the same. (Sorry for the hijack )
Posted on 4/12/14 at 4:52 pm to LSUlefty
Yes I just spent this morning doing that to my plants. Last year I just let the plants go and didn't pinch them back and the bushes grew huge and out of control but I got virtually no tomatoes so definitely keeping up with them this year.
Posted on 4/12/14 at 5:50 pm to LSUlefty
If you pinch them off you will get fewer but bigger tomatoes, leave them on, more but smaller....same thing goes for staking a tomato vs using a cage, or so I have been told
Posted on 4/12/14 at 10:16 pm to LSUlefty
Depending on the variety, you should pull the suckers off up to the first flower cluster. This is the way to prune determinate types ("ground type pole culture : Bella Rosa, BHN 981 and BHN 876, Carolina Gold, Celebrity (AAS) (N), Crista (N),
Floralina, Mountain Fresh Plus, Mountain Spring
Heat Tolerant: Florida 91, Heatwave II, Phoenix, Solar Set, Sun Leaper, Sun Master, Solar Fire,")
Indeterminates (pole type) should be prunes up the stalk (Better Boy, Creole, Big Boy, Beefsteak,Indeterminate: Better Boy (N), Big Beef (AAS) (N), Champion (N), Jet Star, Pink Girl, Sun Gold, Terrific etc)
Floralina, Mountain Fresh Plus, Mountain Spring
Heat Tolerant: Florida 91, Heatwave II, Phoenix, Solar Set, Sun Leaper, Sun Master, Solar Fire,")
Indeterminates (pole type) should be prunes up the stalk (Better Boy, Creole, Big Boy, Beefsteak,Indeterminate: Better Boy (N), Big Beef (AAS) (N), Champion (N), Jet Star, Pink Girl, Sun Gold, Terrific etc)
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