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ANOTHER tomato question!
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ANOTHER tomato question!
retired member 2 Sun May 15, 2011 7:28 pm
Sorry guys. I have a couple of Mortgage Lifter tomato plants in my SFG that are really growing. There are several low branches onn each plant that are lying on the MM. Can I cut those off? They each have a leaf or two at the end of the branch.
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Re: ANOTHER tomato question!
middlemamma Sun May 15, 2011 7:43 pm
I would cut them off....a lot of folks cut everything from the soil up about 12 inches. It won't hurt the plant for sure.
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Re: ANOTHER tomato question!
quiltbea Sun May 15, 2011 8:06 pm
Yes, cut them off. You want good air circulation down there and you also don't want water splashing on the lower branches from the soil. There are soil borne diseases, like wilt, that lurk in the soil.
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Re: ANOTHER tomato question!
shannon1 Mon May 16, 2011 1:49 am
yep, it's snip time. My dear neighbor/cheerleader say "I'm going to take those sissors away from you." She grows flowers and just does'nt get it. 
She cringes evey time I prune off those pretty leaves. They are pretty, healthy plants BECAUSE I cut so much off.
She cringes evey time I prune off those pretty leaves. They are pretty, healthy plants BECAUSE I cut so much off.
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