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  • From: "Tom at Limerock" <limerock AT thirdplanet.net>
  • To: <sunnfarm AT bellatlantic.net>, "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
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  • Subject: [Market-farming] Re: sucker/prune peppers
  • Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2003 06:42:42 -0400

Bob -- Thanks much! -- Tom



> Not a good idea. When you open the bush you increase the chance of
sunscald.
> Staking peppers with the Florida weave method like tomatoes has become
very
> common around here. You sorta get the effect of pruning when you harvest
the
> first crown fruit which are always very large and profitable, plants then
> branch out naturally into a fork like a pruned tomato. If you prune
peppers
> early like tomatoes you will loose the crown set...Bob.
> Sunny Meadow Farm
> Bridgeton, NJ.
>
> Tom at Limerock wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > Has anyone ever experimented with suckering/pruning peppers the way you
do
> > tomatoes?
> > What were your results?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Tom Anslow
> > Limerock Orchards and Roadside Market






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