tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166124687164787266.post5853533288753578948..comments2024-03-14T23:41:27.097-07:00Comments on Homestead Roots: Tomato trimming... clipping the suckers!Homestead Rootshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11494488367387092714noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166124687164787266.post-47836888847773237442012-05-07T11:03:24.439-07:002012-05-07T11:03:24.439-07:00He calls them suckers, but he also calls them shoo...He calls them suckers, but he also calls them shoots. This is just a different technique of growing tomatoes. With his method of growing tomatoes (tall and with one center stalk), the center shoot would be a sucker. The center shoot is what will grow out and form a whole knew stalk to the tomatoe. If you are wanting to focus on a tall plant with one stalk, then you would want to prune out all the new shoots that would make the plant bushy. I am actually growing to try this form this year! I'm very excited. In the past we always let all our shoots grow out to form a more full plant...it's just 2 different ways of tomatoe plant growing. :) hope that helps!Homestead Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494488367387092714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166124687164787266.post-72851048583496396062012-05-07T10:35:03.825-07:002012-05-07T10:35:03.825-07:00In the video here: http://www.finegardening.com/ho...In the video here: http://www.finegardening.com/how-to/videos/pruning-tomatoes.aspx<br />He directly contradicts you and says the suckers are the ones in the joint and they should be pulled. Who is right??Kerner77https://www.blogger.com/profile/03575243171891183374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166124687164787266.post-300590052327423692011-03-27T13:29:21.946-07:002011-03-27T13:29:21.946-07:00In the first picture you can see the main stem wit...In the first picture you can see the main stem with 1 stem growing off of it and a tiny new growth coming up in the V of those two branches...The 1st stem never produced buds but just large leaves so I knew when the new growth appeared that it would be the fruit producer and the leafy stem wasn't needed anymore.<br />Watch your tomato plants this year and look for the new growth stems coming up in the V of 2 other stems...it will make a lot more sense when you can observe the whole plant instead of just a few pictures. You will see how the one stem can get very very large and never produce a single bud.<br />Hope that helps :)Homestead Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494488367387092714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166124687164787266.post-13704689498296003182011-03-27T13:09:24.270-07:002011-03-27T13:09:24.270-07:00How do we know that a branch is a leafy sucker or ...How do we know that a branch is a leafy sucker or bearing one? How to identify and remove it?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09588872665931683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166124687164787266.post-44437166632470744292010-07-10T19:20:14.035-07:002010-07-10T19:20:14.035-07:00Give it a try! Let me know how it turns out :)Give it a try! Let me know how it turns out :)Homestead Rootshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494488367387092714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3166124687164787266.post-61318254099006809602010-07-09T13:55:50.605-07:002010-07-09T13:55:50.605-07:00I never have trimmed my tomato bushes... but I'...I never have trimmed my tomato bushes... but I've also never had great crops. I just might need to be doing this.Rain Gurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11070057821981998847noreply@blogger.com