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Pastimes : Gardening and Especially Tomato Growing -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (434)	8/6/1998 9:20:00 PM
From: AugustWest	Respond to of 3495

>>Will I get larger tomatoes or will the existing tomatoes ripen faster if I pinch off the top? Logically, yes. or at least they will ripen faster, is my guess. There will be less energy put into the development of the new flowers pushing into fruit. A thought runs through my mind that you might cause harm to the plant, but I have seen tomato plantsw survive terrible odds. Sometimes it seems as easy as sticking a willor branch in the ground, and having it root and branck out in the same season. Some times my tomato branches split(due to the wieght of the fruit, but with less than 20% hanging on to the main steam, they havfully ripenedjust the same as the others. Hope this gives you some ideas, but what the heck, can always chalk it off as an experiment. In favt, why not even try to root the tops you snip off? Happy cutting, August.

To: Howard R. Hansen who wrote (434)	8/9/1998 9:28:00 PM
From: micky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3495

About those ever growing tomatoes, don't think it really matters. I just let my plants do what comes natural (alhough I help with a little miracle grow and pinching suckers) and when the frost comes and there's lots of green tomatoes, just make the greatest green tomato chutney ever (recipe in the Joy of Cooking, and I don't do any fancy canning, its just great and easy). Or the easy thing, FRIED. Just let those tomatoes have a ball. RE cats. They're the answer. But, did pour gasoline down a hole or two, then filled it in. No problemo. Actually the cats are terrific, and entertaining. Watching them wrestle and play tag, and race each other up trees, is fun. Both are strays, and appreciate a full food bowl, saying thank you with all sorts of mice , voles, garden snakes (always put them back), birds (these I try to dis courage - even have scarlet tannager in the yard, and hummingbirds). Feels like Sunday (yeah, I know it is)... warm, humid lazy day. Dull, happy brain. Tomorrow, market at 9:30. Time to wake up! For today, let those tomatoes go!