Plucking

christian1971 · June 13, 2016

Some of my plants are a foot plus in height with buds developing. Should I pluck the flowers since plants are still young? At what height should I stop picking off flowers, if at all.

jmsieglaff · June 13, 2016

NO!!!!!!!!! Let those flower turn into tomatoes!

jmsieglaff · June 13, 2016

The season in MN is short enough, don't make it shorter than nature already does!

ddsack · June 13, 2016

Agree, it is now mid June, if you pick blossoms off now, you'll push back at least another two weeks to any possible harvest date. Hard enough to get a decent crop of the best long season tomatoes up here. I never pick off blossoms.

Captain Neon · June 13, 2016

When I lived in Kansas, I made the mistake of plucking a small tomato from a Roma that still needed to be transplanted. That plant never gave me a single tomato. I've been growing potted Romas on the patio for my wife for years. This year, she asked me to grow a Super Sauce instead.

June 13, 2016	#1
christian1971 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Minnesota Posts: 94	Plucking Some of my plants are a foot plus in height with buds developing. Should I pluck the flowers since plants are still young? At what height should I stop picking off flowers, if at all.

June 13, 2016	#4
ddsack Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Northern Minnesota - zone 3 Posts: 3,231	Agree, it is now mid June, if you pick blossoms off now, you'll push back at least another two weeks to any possible harvest date. Hard enough to get a decent crop of the best long season tomatoes up here. I never pick off blossoms. __________________ Dee **************

June 13, 2016	#2
jmsieglaff Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Southern WI Posts: 2,742	NO!!!!!!!!! Let those flower turn into tomatoes!

June 13, 2016	#5
Captain Neon Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Florence KY Posts: 234	When I lived in Kansas, I made the mistake of plucking a small tomato from a Roma that still needed to be transplanted. That plant never gave me a single tomato. I've been growing potted Romas on the patio for my wife for years. This year, she asked me to grow a Super Sauce instead.