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Gardening

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3. You're the expert! Off to snip Grumpy's

Sat Jun 23, 2012, 02:04 PM

Jun 2012

bad stems now.

Should I snip the flowers too?*

**ETA: FYI, the new growth is mostly shading the flowers for now.

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Should I snip the flowers/stems on a stressed tomato to help it recover? [View all] beac Jun 2012 OP

1, kinda.. Viva_La_Revolution Jun 2012 #1

I am snipping such things off - they can be a sign of impending disease... NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #2

You're the expert! Off to snip Grumpy's beac Jun 2012 #3

I sterilize my pots and use new soil, so I'm thinking bugs beac Jun 2012 #5

I'm with NRL on this one. Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #6

Pruning to force fruit... Javaman Jun 2012 #8

That's a LOT of tomatoes! beac Jun 2012 #9