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Flowering tomato plant

Tiny GardenerTiny Gardener Posts: 9
edited May 2018 in Fruit & veg
My tomato plant is flowering. This has been growing indoors since August. I was wondering what to do with the flowere. Will they grow tomatoes this early, should I take them off.

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  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    I've grown them indoors over winter several times.. they get leggy, and the tomatoes they produce are rather tasteless.. but the foliage smells amazing in the middle of winter.   :)

    Do you have space for them outside? If you want, you can hack them back to a reasonable size and harden it off.  Otherwise, tap on the flower carefully a few times a day until it closes up..  or even better, 'tickle' each flower with an electric toothbrush.  The vibrations help release the pollen.  
    Utah, USA.
  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    Or.. take some cuttings, pop them in a glass of water, changing the water daily until they send roots out of the stem.  Put them into some potting compost and keep the covered with a tent of plastic for a week or so until the roots take in the soil.  As it's from a mature plant, the cuttings will flower more quickly than a seedling.  
    Utah, USA.
  • SuesynSuesyn Posts: 664
    I saw some for sale in a supermarket recently, about 30 cm tall, with a full crop of cherry tomatoes. I can only assume that they are aimed at non  gardeners because they were on the section with house plants! 
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