Topping/culling

BigVanVader · June 17, 2015

This year I allowed many of my tomatoes to grow 3 or 4 main stems which has worked well and I have tons of fruitset (for me anyway) but I have been getting some BER on several varieties and now the heat here is hitting upper 90s without any cool down in the near future.

Many of my plants like Big Beef, Prudence Purple, Wes, Indian Stripe, and JBT have 30 to 40 fruits per plant and are still setting. They are also hitting the top of my post at 7ft. I am worried that with so many fruits our heat will stress the plant to much. I'm also curious if there is a limit to how many fruits an inground tomato plant can support effectively in temperature extremes, or if any of you ever limit the amount of fruitset? Thanks for any help.

June 17, 2015	#1
BigVanVader Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Greenville, South Carolina Posts: 3,099	Topping/culling This year I allowed many of my tomatoes to grow 3 or 4 main stems which has worked well and I have tons of fruitset (for me anyway) but I have been getting some BER on several varieties and now the heat here is hitting upper 90s without any cool down in the near future. Many of my plants like Big Beef, Prudence Purple, Wes, Indian Stripe, and JBT have 30 to 40 fruits per plant and are still setting. They are also hitting the top of my post at 7ft. I am worried that with so many fruits our heat will stress the plant to much. I'm also curious if there is a limit to how many fruits an inground tomato plant can support effectively in temperature extremes, or if any of you ever limit the amount of fruitset? Thanks for any help.