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Old 06-16-2009, 12:17 PM  
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36 tomatoe plants????
jesus, are you feeding the neighbourhood!!

I've deadheaded my cherry tomatoes - they were going nuts and going over 8 feet tall. For the other varieties, I take great care of them... remove all sprouting new stems between the main stem and leaf until there are 2 to 3 "bouquets" of tomatoes. Then deadhead that stem and let 2 or 3 other stems develop. Lather, rinse repeat.

If you don't remove developing stems, the plants puts too much energy into growing and not enough into fruiting.
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