Pinching off blossoms and buds

T0mat0stevek · March 24, 2021

I have some dwarf tomato starts that were planted 7 weeks ago and are now about 7-8 inches tall. They are in 4 inch pots and have spent most of their time under LED shop lights. They now are spending 3 or 4 hours outdoors most days. It is still 6 or 7 weeks until they will be transplanted into 7 gallon pots. (They may need to go in gallon pots before then.)

Some of them are now starting to blossom. Do I pinch these off?

KarenO · March 24, 2021

Indeterminate full size dwarfs? What variety. Post a pic will help
KarenO

T0mat0stevek · March 24, 2021

Yes, indeterminate full size dwarfs. Brandy Fred and Wild Spudleaf are two examples.

Brandy Fred.jpg

Wild Spudleaf.jpg

KarenO · March 24, 2021

Well if still 7 weeks until planting I’d probably take them off and both are megablooms which will sap a lot of the plants energy for some misshapen catfaced fruit.
KarenO

March 24, 2021	#1
T0mat0stevek Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 45	Pinching off blossoms and buds I have some dwarf tomato starts that were planted 7 weeks ago and are now about 7-8 inches tall. They are in 4 inch pots and have spent most of their time under LED shop lights. They now are spending 3 or 4 hours outdoors most days. It is still 6 or 7 weeks until they will be transplanted into 7 gallon pots. (They may need to go in gallon pots before then.) Some of them are now starting to blossom. Do I pinch these off?

March 24, 2021	#4
KarenO Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Vancouver Island Posts: 5,931	Well if still 7 weeks until planting I’d probably take them off and both are megablooms which will sap a lot of the plants energy for some misshapen catfaced fruit. KarenO Last edited by KarenO; March 24, 2021 at 08:34 PM.