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sooooooooo if i get a big tall triffid and i just leave it .... what is the problem?Comment
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1) It's harder to support, coz you've got big wavy arms all over the place
2) The plants is so busy growing new arms, it can't be arsed to grow any fruit, or, it tries to grow too many fruit and none of them get very big or ripen...Last edited by SarzWix; 22-05-2009, 01:08 PM.Comment
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ok guess thats a don't be so stupid answer then lol .... so what if i pinched out the growing shoot when they get to a reasonable height?
although it is possible i might not actually have any tall ones lol ... too many types to google
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I dunno, I always just pinch the top of mine off when they get to the greenhouse roof, or the top of the cane if they're outside. I suppose you could stop them when they're short and let them grow the sideshoots, but you'd have to stop the sideshoots when they got too long as well, I think, or they'd go triffid ish too
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If you have a "triffid" type and leave all the side shoots then each and every side shoot becomes a "growing shoot" - not just the central one you started with.
Each side shoot becomes a tomato plant in its own right and will flower and grow green tomatoes - but all the food for all these many, many new plants has to come from the roots and stem of the single original plant so all the tomatoes only get a little share.
It's a bit like breast-feeding a baby; have one baby and it gets enough food, have two and they will both still get just enough to thrive but have 6 or 8 babies and they will be under-fed runts!!
"so what if i pinched out the growing shoot when they get to a reasonable height? "
You'll need to pinch out the tip of each any every growing shoot - there could be quite a lot !!!!!!The proof of the growing is in the eating.
Leave Rotten Fruit.
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potasium - potash.
Autant de têtes, autant d'avis!!!!!
Il n'est si méchant pot qui ne trouve son couvercle.Comment
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When I started out with toms it was these illustrations that taught me what I should and shouldn't be removing
How to prune tomatoes in the UK, with pictures.
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/images...side_shoot.jpgToday's mistake is tomorrow's compost...Comment
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my triffids have loads *pokes tongue out*Originally posted by FionaH View PostNot a single one but............
SEE they arent meant to have 'em yet
*hopes Lynda gets eaten by triffids
if i do i have a card round my neck with your address on so they'll come to you next
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Sheepish, I knew I'd seen the pics somewhere that showed what to take off, but I couldn't find them! Thank you for posting them
You two *points at Fi and Lynda* stop bickering or it'll be the naughty step
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thanks for that ... i guess i better go see wot types i have growing reallyOriginally posted by Sheepish View Post
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i'm already thereOriginally posted by SarzWix View PostSheepish, I knew I'd seen the pics somewhere that showed what to take off, but I couldn't find them! Thank you for posting them
You two *points at Fi and Lynda* stop bickering or it'll be the naughty step
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