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  • Oh no! Can they be saved? :(

    Busily in the poly today I carefully pinched out the emerging side shoots of my tomato plants.... THEN i read the packets... Tomato black beauty and another which I think is a bush tomato don't like their side shoots pinching out do they?! Unfortunately I have haphazardly planted my tomatoes in-between each other - and yep, I can't remember which are which. I didn't hink this mattered as I thought we'd have a guess once the tomatoes came through... so, will they make it guys, and also how on earth can I tell which is a cordon and needs pinching and which isn't? Does pinching out really matter, how could anyone tell if it'll fruit more? Am pretty annoyed with myself
    You may say I'm a dreamer... But I'm not the only one...


    I'm an official nutter - an official 'cropper' of a nutter! I am sooooo pleased to be a cropper! Hurrah!

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    They'll be fine- just leave the next lot of side shoots on
    Don't be annoyed with yourself- nature has a way of surviving!

    Cutting the main stem off at the base though would have been more of a concern!!!!
    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

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    • #3
      Well i nearly secatured one to an untimely death as I was avoiding poking my eye out with a mis-placed garden cane! Thanks for the advice
      You may say I'm a dreamer... But I'm not the only one...


      I'm an official nutter - an official 'cropper' of a nutter! I am sooooo pleased to be a cropper! Hurrah!

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      • #4
        Label every plant, and put empty drink bottles upside down over canes

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        • #5
          I carefully arranged all the cordons down one side of the greenhouse, and left the few bush types on the other side with the cucumbers. I then told my Dad (who only ever ventured down there to get the Asparagus or Peas before me), not to pinch out the side-shoots. A week later, he proudly declared that he'd 'done my job for me' and that he was 'amazed' at how many I'd missed! Pillock!

          They grew, they fruited, we were over-run with tomatoes.

          Still glad we moved out though!!
          All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
          Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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          • #6
            Thanks Rusty Lady I will, I must try and not be so airy fairy!
            You may say I'm a dreamer... But I'm not the only one...


            I'm an official nutter - an official 'cropper' of a nutter! I am sooooo pleased to be a cropper! Hurrah!

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            • #7
              Cutting the main stem off at the base though would have been more of a concern!!!!
              Ah, that's where I am going wrong then.

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              • #8
                ^^ nutter ^^
                He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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