I”ve never understood why people buy into that, really (aside from growing commercially).
Like, sure the first truss or two might be catfaced/whatever….but a properly fertilized and cared for tomato plant ain’t gonna grow any faster if you remove early flowers than it would otherwise, and (at least in climates like mine) leaving those first flowers alone might mean a ripe one off that plant two or three weeks earlier than you might otherwise get.
With peppers, I get it….but tomatoes?
Makes no sense for the home grower to do that, imho.
lilgogetta
Congratulations! 🍅
SeaworthinessNew4295
I left my first flowers and those tomatoes are still green six weeks later after setting. Over half of them developed blossom end rot and I picked them off, and they were consistently watered and had plenty of calcium available to them in the soil. And the fruit stopped growing in size after getting to the size of a golf ball, and these are san marzanos.
Not really sure what happened.
igleamingrace
This year I decided not to pinch any flowers, once the plants were transplanted, and they’re all doing well.
Minimum-Award4U
I never pinch any of my tomatoes. And I consistently have too many tomatoes. But my family and neighbors love me! Great job btw!
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Great photo!
Where do you grow these mate
I”ve never understood why people buy into that, really (aside from growing commercially).
Like, sure the first truss or two might be catfaced/whatever….but a properly fertilized and cared for tomato plant ain’t gonna grow any faster if you remove early flowers than it would otherwise, and (at least in climates like mine) leaving those first flowers alone might mean a ripe one off that plant two or three weeks earlier than you might otherwise get.
With peppers, I get it….but tomatoes?
Makes no sense for the home grower to do that, imho.
Congratulations! 🍅
I left my first flowers and those tomatoes are still green six weeks later after setting. Over half of them developed blossom end rot and I picked them off, and they were consistently watered and had plenty of calcium available to them in the soil. And the fruit stopped growing in size after getting to the size of a golf ball, and these are san marzanos.
Not really sure what happened.
This year I decided not to pinch any flowers, once the plants were transplanted, and they’re all doing well.
I never pinch any of my tomatoes. And I consistently have too many tomatoes. But my family and neighbors love me! Great job btw!