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Gardening

Curmudgeoness

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6. I'm with NRL on this one.

Reply to beac (Original post)

Sat Jun 23, 2012, 04:05 PM

Jun 2012

I chose #1 in the poll, but don't think you should leave the suckers on. The suckers are named suckers for a reason----they will just suck energy from the plant to grow for no purpose (at least no purpose that we are interested in).

Good luck. I have had several tomato plants over the years do this same thing (usually attributed to heat and dry), but they have still produced good tomatoes.

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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

If the flowers look bad - stem yellowed, brown spotting, etc - yes. Otherwise, leave them to see NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #4

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

Thanks. Your experience w/similarly afflicted toms is encouraging! beac Jun 2012 #7

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

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