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IDontBelieveIt
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Location: North Hampshire
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 Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: Tomatoes |
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Sorry if this had been asked before BUT...
I have a glasshouse with some 20 plants in it various types.
Should you or should you not remove leaves when the fruit is ripening?
If I am given duff info then Gordon Brown is going to get the 'fruit' rammed down the back of his neck. |
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thescruff
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Location: Bath
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Percy Thrower would say the answer lies in the soil, or in your case the Greenhouse 
Yes to enable light to reach the lower trusses and assist with ripening some of the lower leaves may be removed
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Wood Magnet
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| Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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I agree with Scruff, i've just done this to my toms today. 
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leebwk
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| Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:42 am Post subject: |
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Also if you cut back the lower branches to half there size this allows the tomatoes to grow bigger
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