Tomatoes take over greenhouse! prune?

rtvvvv · June 11, 2015

the 4 plants have overgrown the greenhouse!!! is there anyway to prune them without hurting fruit production or the plant itself?

Labradors2 · June 11, 2015

It's too bad that you cannot raise the greenhouse up a few feet!

How about dragging a couple of plants out of there?

Otherwise you're probably going to have to prune them. It won't hurt the plants, just the production that would have occurred on the stems that you remove.

Next year, perhaps some dwarfs might be better behaved in your greenhouse.

Linda

Worth1 · June 11, 2015

Why are they still in the green house?

Worth

rtvvvv · June 11, 2015

Well...they start early in the greenhouse (i have ripe ones now) and by the time i can put them out (weather) they are too big to move! The reason for the green house originally was to protect them from racoon babies. We at the time had many racoon families that would visit and the little guys would bite every tomato trying to find one they liked (i don't think they ever found one!)

Worth1 · June 11, 2015

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Originally Posted by rtvvvv

Well...they start early in the greenhouse (i have ripe ones now) and by the time i can put them out (weather) they are too big to move! The reason for the green house originally was to protect them from racoon babies. We at the time had many racoon families that would visit and the little guys would bite every tomato trying to find one they liked (i don't think they ever found one!)

Thats what I figured.

Is there any way to just remove the roof panels?

Worth

rtvvvv · June 11, 2015

Hmmm. never thought about that...that would be easy!

Bipetual · June 13, 2015

That's a crazy photo! That is what I call a high-class problem.

Looks like you know how grow a tomato plant. Thanks for making me smile.

luigiwu · June 13, 2015

I would start being vigilent about remove suckers that are not fruiting.

rtvvvv · June 16, 2015

just so i could get inside (the dark spot in the 2nd pic is my head!)
The Horror...the Horror the carnage:

Bipetual · June 17, 2015

I'm a reluctant pruner, too...I feel your pain!

Kikaida · June 17, 2015

If you hear "feed me Seymour" coming from the back...run.

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luigiwu Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: ny Posts: 1,219	I would start being vigilent about remove suckers that are not fruiting. __________________ Subirrigated Container gardening (RGGS) in NY, Zone 7!

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Labradors2 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Ontario Posts: 3,898	It's too bad that you cannot raise the greenhouse up a few feet! How about dragging a couple of plants out of there? Otherwise you're probably going to have to prune them. It won't hurt the plants, just the production that would have occurred on the stems that you remove. Next year, perhaps some dwarfs might be better behaved in your greenhouse. Linda

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Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	Why are they still in the green house? Worth

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rtvvvv Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: mi Posts: 80	Well...they start early in the greenhouse (i have ripe ones now) and by the time i can put them out (weather) they are too big to move! The reason for the green house originally was to protect them from racoon babies. We at the time had many racoon families that would visit and the little guys would bite every tomato trying to find one they liked (i don't think they ever found one!)

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Bipetual Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Illinois, zone 5a Posts: 579	That's a crazy photo! That is what I call a high-class problem. Looks like you know how grow a tomato plant. Thanks for making me smile.

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Bipetual Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Illinois, zone 5a Posts: 579	I'm a reluctant pruner, too...I feel your pain!

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Kikaida Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Valencia, CA Posts: 258	If you hear "feed me Seymour" coming from the back...run.