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  • From: zaid AT norwichmeadowsfarm.com
  • To: lists AT rhomestead.com, Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] pruning heirloom tomatoes
  • Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 03:53:59 -0700

We start with 5 stems and end up with 4. Weekly we take out any secondary shoots. We yield 10-20 lbs per plant on heirlooms.

Zaid Kurdieh
Norwich Meadows Farm


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [Market-farming] pruning heirloom tomatoes
From: "Beth Spaugh" <lists AT rhomestead.com>
Date: Sun, June 11, 2006 10:52 pm
To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>

I have heirloom tomatoes in a hoophouse, pruned to a single or double stem. The shoots that the flowers bloom on/fruit develop on become large stems and continue to grow, putting on more flowers/fruits. Do ya’ll trim these after the first fruits or let them develop and trellis them also? Any comparison of their productivity with the main stem’s productivity. I have trimmed them in the past, but if I’m not right on top of weekly trimming, they grow fast enough to flower and I hate to cut off anything with a flower on it.

 

Thank you.

Beth Spaugh
Rehoboth Homestead
Peru NY
http://rhomestead.com


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  • Re: [Market-farming] pruning heirloom tomatoes, zaid, 06/12/2006

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