The Tomato of the Sloths

[Chris of corsica]

Hi Chris from Corsica ,

- In a car, it is not "in the shade"!

-What to do for your tomatoes? Wait for them to grow, tie them up so that they do not touch the ground, cut the gourmands, although we can leave a few that will make branches, but if we let all the tomatoes grow we risk finishing the season with lots of unripe tomatoes. In general I cut the tips of the branches after the first or second bouquet of flowers, and some market gardeners cut the head of the plant after the 5th or 6th bouquet to ensure the ripening of the tomatoes already formed. (it depends on the climate, here in Switzerland the end of the season comes quickly).

A photo of the day.

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good evening dede 2002 from suise
thank you for your rapunzel ..

I watch a lot of videos on the subject of the vegetable garden and I have as part of the track of garden maintenance in private homes and pruning c a party that I love!
yes it is true that I often have clients do the opposite of my feelings discovered on the subject; )
for the size of plants and fruit plants to emerge ... c is the vigor or lack of vigor that guides me between theory and practice .. I often made compromises .. idea to dig ?! ...

the ! which makes me a little concern c (((((temperature)))) that we have here for tomato plants, for the moment they are late to my taste ..
In my opinion, I must have made mistakes on the beginner's start, but that's okay, we always learn from these mistakes!

christopher

[Adrien (ex-nico239)]

Heard in a video on growing tomatoes

"You can leave the greedy ones but you will have fruits which will be more mature over time"

Obviously I don't know at all if it's true or not.

Suppose this is true ... where the problem?

The fast, the fast is what we need to look for?

Personally it goes without saying that we don't cut anything and that if it takes time well then it takes the time it takes.

[perseus]

Hello,

There are tons of advice, ways of doing things and varying beliefs on these subjects.
Personally and on most varieties I tutor on a strand and I pinch the greedy ones because I find that it accelerates the maturity, allows to obtain larger fruits without altering the quality excessively and helps to aerate the plant and therefore limit certain diseases. Finally it is I find a good compromise of use of space (more vertical)
Being in Loire Atlantique, these points are important to me.

In a region much further south where the precocity would be less limiting, or with less humidity I would perhaps look for another approach (size on 2 strands for example), or a teepee method if I had a lot of space. ..
I doubt there is only one way to do it right. (in fact I am sure there is not one and only good recipe).

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[Adrien (ex-nico239)]

Judicial reasoning: we will see according to our conditions.

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Judicial reasoning: we will see according to our conditions.

I grow tomatoes of various varieties sometimes even varieties that I do not know that someone gives me at random from an exchange of seeds or plants so it is often the surprise.

For the management of the culture I often space of one meter each plant sometimes more by inserting cucumbers for example.


So if the tomato has a tendency to emit many "root suckers, I keep a few that I guard or not depending on the vigor. (My soil is always abundantly mulched with hay)

Certain varieties are better suited to a crop without pruning or staking. It is the varieties with determined growth which therefore stop it and make it easier to manage.

You should know that in many cases the slugs feast on easily accessible fruits.

There are tomatoes which do not require staking and which can remain straight without collapsing; they are varieties with limited production and determined growth.

It is of course necessary to experiment and select the varieties which are most suitable.

Good culture.

[Cigalyves83]

[Carl]

And, whatever we may think, we can also indicate the site of Pascal Poot
http://www.lepotagerdesante.com/

The discovery of Pascal Poot, impressed / inspired me as much as that of Did67 ... even if it was before and that Pascal does not seem to have any form of surface constraint =)

Seriously: what do you think of the importance which seems to me to be "primordial", of collecting your seeds yourself so that they transmit their "specific adaptation" to the environment we offer them, see our gardening habits (frequency watering, size, etc ...), to their descendants?

[sicetaitsimple]

The discovery of Pascal Poot, impressed / inspired me as much as that of Did67 ... even if it was before and that Pascal does not seem to have any form of surface constraint =)

Seriously: what do you think of the importance which seems to me to be "primordial", of collecting your seeds yourself so that they transmit their "specific adaptation" to the environment we offer them, see our gardening habits (frequency watering, size, etc ...), to their descendants?

I never get into this kind of debate, but I will make an exception for you because you are new to this forum.

There is no doubt that varieties should be chosen that are best suited to its climate.

But to think that we will adapt them to our climate by harvesting more seeds, many doubts .....

It will be all about this!

[Carl]

The discovery of Pascal Poot, impressed / inspired me as much as that of Did67 ... even if it was before and that Pascal does not seem to have any form of surface constraint =)

Seriously: what do you think of the importance which seems to me to be "primordial", of collecting your seeds yourself so that they transmit their "specific adaptation" to the environment we offer them, see our gardening habits (frequency watering, size, etc ...), to their descendants?

I never get into this kind of debate, but I will make an exception for you because you are new to this forum.

There is no doubt that varieties should be chosen that are best suited to its climate.

But to think that we will adapt them to our climate by harvesting more seeds, many doubts .....

It will be all about this!

It sounds like a sensitive topic .... so don't force yourself to answer if it bothers you ;-)

If this is not too much the case: you do not grant any form of plausibility to his videos / TV report on him and to the fact that the gardeners of the Elysée seem to stock up on seeds at his place?
To each his point of view and each point of view is enriching ;-)

[sicetaitsimple]

I never get into this kind of debate, but I will make an exception for you because you are new to this forum.

There is no doubt that varieties should be chosen that are best suited to its climate.

But to think that we will adapt them to our climate by harvesting more seeds, many doubts .....

It will be all about this!

It sounds like a sensitive topic .... so don't force yourself to answer if it bothers you ;-)

If this is not too much the case: you do not grant any form of plausibility to his videos / TV report on him and to the fact that the gardeners of the Elysée seem to stock up on seeds at his place?
To each his point of view and each point of view is enriching ;-)

I said "that will be all on this subject", and so that will be it!

Afterwards, everyone believes what they want to believe.