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Sweet milllion tomatoes. When is enough enough?

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
in Fruit & veg
All right there's not millions, but there's a good hundred blossoms per plant.
Do I just let it carry on or should I prune it?
At what stage do you decide that the babies are never going to amount to anything?
In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    It's still only July. I've not " stopped" mine yet
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    What prompts the decision to stop them? @Hostafan1
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    when I think " right, these flowers are never going to turn into fruit and ripen"  I give them another month yet before nipping the tops off.
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Mid August?
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    are they outside or in a greenhouse/polytunnel?
    Devon.
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    In the greenhouse nipping off the ends only happen when they hit the roof, outside its late August as by then any fruit there has a chance to ripen, new flowers just take energy away from the plant. But it depends how far north you are.😁
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    They're outside some very sheltered east and some are south facing pretty sheltered too
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    I let mine just keep going 'til they fall over B3, if I'm feeding them they better do some work!  There's always chutney, pasta sauce, pizza........
    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I've still got some left from last year. A bag of marbles in the freezer😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • herbaceousherbaceous Posts: 2,318
    Best get that pizza dough made then

    "The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it."  Sir Terry Pratchett
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