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Wednesday, July 03, 2013
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PA_J
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Allentown, PA
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Entry 55 of 158 |
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For the last few days I have been busy pruning more tomato plants that have started fruit set of possible heavyweights.
I current subscribe to the two stem only method of pruning which means I only allow two main stems to grow on the plant after I have fruit set of a potential heavyweight.
The stem that holds the truss that in turn holds the fruit is pruned to a height of approx. four feet while allow the 2nd stem to continue to grow to a height of six feet where I terminate all further vertical growth.
At the time of this entry I have nine tomatoes with potential that are set and growing.
Out of those nine I have three that are growing extremely rapidly.
I have attached thin light colored wash clothes just above those three tomatoes in order to keep maturation rate at a minimum.
Photo updates of the tomatoes I have taken shots of early in this diary will be posted shortly
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