Tomato Seedling Flowers

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Posted by plantitup 5a (My Page) on

Tue, May 14, 13 at 21:17

My Big Beef tomato seedlings recently grew buds which are just starting to open into flowers. I will transplant the seedlings this weekend. Would it be best for me to pinch the buds off or leave them on?

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Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on
Tue, May 14, 13 at 21:48

There are lots of opinions on whether to take off blossoms and buds from plants to be set out and some have even used the same vareity and done that to one plant and not the other, and some say it makesno difference and some say it does,

I'm of the opinion that all buds and blossoms should be taken off,You want theplant to remain in the vegetative stage of forming a good root system and strong stems and foliage before diverting plant energy, from photosynthesis, to the sexual cycle of blossom formation, fruit set and fruit maturation,

The stronger the plant is itself from initial vegetative growth, the better it will be for good results with that sexual cycle which ends with the fruits that we all want to see and eat,

So that's my opinion.

Carolyn

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