‘Pinching Out’ Your Growing Tomato Plants (Suckers)
A quick video about caring for your growing tomato plants. www.container-gardening-for-food.com
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A quick video about caring for your growing tomato plants. www.container-gardening-for-food.com
great info and vid
BackyardDiscoveryCo
March 6, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Wow!!! That explains why my better boy is super bushy.
Buster5ive
March 6, 2012 at 9:51 pm
this is nice, i did not know that we need to do that. thanks for this video.
dayspeace
March 6, 2012 at 10:07 pm
What is the name of those “bindings you use”? .. They look GENIUS!
G0MPgomp
March 6, 2012 at 10:29 pm
I have been pinching out those little suckers, but I’ve also (please try not to laugh) been taking off most of the leaves that the suckers sit adjacent to. I have at least 100 flowers on each plant, some of them are now teeny weeny toms. It doesn’t appear to have harmed them by taking away some of the leaves. I have pinched off the very top bit from the main stem, which I read was good for making the plant fruit quicker. Have I done the wrong thing by taking off some of the leaves?
wendle67
March 6, 2012 at 10:55 pm
I never pinch out and get a good crop, guess its down to choice, at the moment i have just started harvesting and have some nice big toms… Currently have around 40 plants growing, staggered over a month long period… some green house, some outside and a few inside
kevinturvy
March 6, 2012 at 11:06 pm
What kind of tomatoes do you guys in England grow? I’d love to send you some Heirloom American seed varieties and have you experiment to see if they grow well for you. You seem to have a great green thumb! Its amazing what can be done in a few small containers.
martykean1967
March 6, 2012 at 11:55 pm
how often would you do this?
glowbuggie
March 7, 2012 at 12:16 am
Thank you, very helpful. Off to go pinch some of those little suckers 🙂
MistahFen
March 7, 2012 at 12:21 am
So, so helpful to a beginner like me!!
Thanks mate 🙂
craigensmith
March 7, 2012 at 12:49 am
This is not true! why would the plant bother to grow them “suckers” if it was bad for the plant? “suckers” means more leaf= more sun the plant picks up= more energy= more tomatoes…..?
NorwegianGardener
March 7, 2012 at 1:23 am
Thank you, my dad told me to ‘pinch’ out my plants but i didnt know what he meant lol first time grower so this has helped alot 🙂
MissBethsMummy
March 7, 2012 at 1:56 am
Make sure to only prune indeterminate tomatoe plants.
Oasix21
March 7, 2012 at 2:31 am
@SleepIsMagic Tomatoes when fruiting are heavy feeders so do need feeding at that time, but you can over-feed them easily. Personally I’d give them a feed according to the instructions on the bottle/packet, but no more than about once a fort-night.
If they look good and healthy, and are growing well, I’d leave feeding them for now , give it a few weeks, then, if they are fruiting, give them a feed.
Everyone has different methods, this is mine.
rickvanman
March 7, 2012 at 3:23 am
@SleepIsMagic Depends on the species and the climate. On average I’d say a few weeks from flowers to small fruits, then 4-6 weeks to harvest.
rickvanman
March 7, 2012 at 3:39 am
@SleepIsMagic to be honest, I don’t know – I pinched out most of them last year and had a great crop
rickvanman
March 7, 2012 at 4:12 am
Nothing takes nearly as good as heirlooms from your own garden.
DisasterManagement1
March 7, 2012 at 4:19 am
Hey Rick! Im starting out my tomato garden this year. I see that u have them in a container which I’m doing to same. The stake did u push it into the container pot? Thanks!
WinterDelaRosa
March 7, 2012 at 5:13 am
great stuff thanks 🙂
MissBouncingRainbow
March 7, 2012 at 5:57 am
@shawnio I suggest you check out some of my vids …100’s of tomatoes from transplanted suckers
stymye
March 7, 2012 at 6:34 am
show me proof that pinching suckers increases the amount of tomatoes!!! read up before you make such claims. your trying to come across as an expert .. I’m afraid you are far from that.
stymye
March 7, 2012 at 7:03 am
@rickvanman come on guys, people are actually going to be reading this and believe you. 🙁 you cant pop a sucker into the ground and expect it to grow till it yields anything
shawnio
March 7, 2012 at 7:36 am
Thank you. I didn’t know that 🙂
carlenecarter52
March 7, 2012 at 7:47 am
In my experience, not pinching out suckers actually results in a higher yield in the end, but with smaller individual friut.
PipeIsh
March 7, 2012 at 8:05 am
@phunny96 I did not know you can do that!
bertdiaz35
March 7, 2012 at 8:39 am