Monday, May 24, 2010

Tomato Plant Flowers??

I've reached that point where I have little yellow flowers on my tomato plant, and a couple of new tomatoes growing at the top with these flowers.


What I'd like to know is should I get rid of the flowers? Or do they not affect the growth of the fruit?


I was given a load of plants with not much knowledge on how to care for them!!


Thanks

Tomato Plant Flowers??
As several have informed you the flowers are the fruit so if you leave them you get more tomatoes. Since you sort of asked for pointers being a new grower here are a couple of tips.





If you want larger tomatoes on some plants, pick some of the flowers. The plant will give you larger fruit, but less of it.





Turn in steer maneur into the soil next to the plants. Tomatoes do great with natural fertalizer.





Water regularly. (every couple of days)





You also will want to pinch suckers to maximize your fruit. Suckers are shoots from between the main stem and regular branches. The will get large and don't flowe or fruit so watch for them and remove them.





Sounds like you will be up to your ears in tomatoes in no time.
Reply:DONT get rid of the flowers. That is where the fruit comes from. If you have a lot of leaves on lower branches closer to the ground you can prune some of them so the fruit gets more light. This will help with the sweetness too.
Reply:The flowers won't harm the other tomatoes, so just let things be and leave the plant. You will need to stake it as it grows taller, for support. Tomatoe plants thrive in a very rich composting soil. Cheers
Reply:when a tomatoe plant starts blooming it means the tomatoe is not far behind the coolest thing I have found is everytime you walk by the tomatoe plant shake it a little the shaking causes the flower to set fruit faster alot of people by bloom builder but you dont need it just shake the plant a little and watch those tomatoes come-good luck!
Reply:The flowers turn into the fruit, so leave them. If you have lots of flower clusters on your plant, clipping some of them will allow the plant to devote more energy to producing bigger tomatoes on the remaining blooms. Trim unproductive limbs as well, as they merely suck resources from the productive vines. Fertilize the plant, buy a tomato cage for support instead of just staking them, and water sufficiently. Tomato plants don't like to be waterlogged, so watch the amount of water. If they wilt a bit in hot weather, don't panic. This is normal. Add some water and you will literally be able to see them perk up again. Follow these rules and you'll be harvesting lots and lots of tomatoes!
Reply:The flowers form the fruit, by no means should you get rid of the flowers.


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