Garden

[Kachina624]

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@fierowoman wrote:

@Kachina624  Why ever would you pinch off the tomatoes?  To what point.  I always pinch off the lower leaves and plant my tomatoes sideways in the soil so more roots go into the soil for nutrients.  My grandfather taught me that over 50 years ago and he has at least 100 tomato plants.  He was a West Virginia farmer and was renoun for his vegetables.  I have earthboxes and use the same technique.  My tomatoes from cottage farms with tomatoes on them and I sure wasn't about to pinch them off.  Maybe different in different states.  

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@fierowoman wrote:

@Kachina624  Why ever would you pinch off the tomatoes?  To what point.  I always pinch off the lower leaves and plant my tomatoes sideways in the soil so more roots go into the soil for nutrients.  My grandfather taught me that over 50 years ago and he has at least 100 tomato plants.  He was a West Virginia farmer and was renoun for his vegetables.  I have earthboxes and use the same technique.  My tomatoes from cottage farms with tomatoes on them and I sure wasn't about to pinch them off.  Maybe different in different states.  

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@fierowoman.  Read post #3 above by @Scooby Doo.  Young plants should be developing strong root systems.  There will be plenty of time for growing tomatoes after they have the root system to support them.  I also often pinch buds off of young flowering plsnts for the same reason.