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| We have noticed far more tomato blossoms on the trusses of our German Giant and Brandy Boy (first year we have planted them) - when compared to our Better Boy plants (we have planted them for several years). Better Boy usually sets 4-6 fruits per truss for us.
We were unsure how many of the blossoms would set fruit on the German Giants and Brandy Boy - now we know - we are finding that a high percent of the trusses are setting fruit on 8-12 blossoms per truss? We are growing these tomatoes for our own use and are not concerned about fruit size but are concerned if the trusses will carry the weight of that many tomatoes per truss. Any advice from those who have grown these or similar varieties - should we cull some of these fruits per truss to reduce the weight? |
This post was edited by Hudson...WY on Tue, May 28, 13 at 19:52
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| I have grown Brandy Boys and the truss's are pretty damn tough. Never had problems with them. The family loves the taste of Brandy boys. My mom says it taste like a good old fashioned tomatoe. |
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- Posted by Hudson...WY Z3 (My Page) on Wed, May 29, 13 at 4:49
| Hi Dig-Dug - Thanks for your comments! We are excited to try the taste of Brandy Boy - just as soon as they ripen! I assume from your response that you are also getting 8-12 fruit set per truss on your Brandy Boy tomato plants? |
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| I haven't grown either of these tomatoes, but from the looks of the cages and support you have, you should be fine. The tomato plant should thicken the stems a bit more then usual to compensate for the additional weight. I'd wait for Dave to give the final word though ;) |
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| I wouldn't call it the final word. :-) But I wouldn't remove any of those great fruit either. I recall other pics of your set-up and supports and I think it should be possible to tie off a sling support of the fruit truss if you think it is necessary. Yes? No? They make a plastic truss stem support scroll down to arch support. Cheap and easy to use if you don't mind buying 5000 of them at a time but I find that just a small sling of tulle or other lightweight netting (some use pieces of old pantyhose) under the fruit cluster is even cheaper and works just as well. Then pick some of the fruit in the cluster at blush (breaker stage) pick it and ripen indoors to remove some of the weight for the rest. Hope this helps. Dave |
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