Allotment Gardening Advice Help Chat
Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: Brassica Blaz on June 15, 2010, 16:49
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hi all,its my first year growing toms in the g/house.most people pinch out at four or five trusses.has anyone pinched out at two or three trusses (perhaps as an experiment)and found they taste better?or is it just a case of more trusses more toms? just an idle thought :blush:
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More trusses more toms, I think............flavour comes from your soil and feeding, and obviously the variety ;)
Don't over water as you can dilute flavour.
In an ideal world I think animal manures produce better flavour than chemical tomato feed, but that's just my opinion :)
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ah, thanks mum,mine should taste pretty good then cos ive used both manure & chem feed and their looking pretty good! :)
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I stop two plants at three trusses and two at four and the rest at five. It is nothing to do with flavour, it just brings the crop on sooner. I have been picking tomatoes now for two weeks from the plants that have been stopped.
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An old hand (and prize winner :) ) told me to stop at three trusses for early ripening. I've never actually tried it, but I might try some like Ivor Backache. (Love the name btw :lol: )