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  • From: Alliums <garlicgrower AT earthlink.net>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Why cut off Tomato Cotyledons?
  • Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 07:23:58 -0400


Hi, Folks!

Is there any rationale to cutting off tomato cotyledons when the plants are a certain size or when transplanting> I have *never* done this (I bury my tomatoes up to their top leaves to encourage root growth) and I had a few colleagues horrified that I didn't. Seems to me I've had great harvests without it -- why would anyone add such tedious extra labor?



Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator
St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden

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St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460






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