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Notice the new stem forming at a 45 degree angle from the pocket of the main stem and a leaf stalk. It’s called a ”sucker.” I remove most of these.
I don’t grow tomatoes to feed my family. That’s what potatoes, beans and squash are for. Sure, we eat some tomatoes, but the reason I grow them has more to do with penance or self-punishment, I think.
What I’m trying to say is that tomatoes are difficult to grow. Besides that, everyone you talk to will tell you a different way to grow them, often with the claim “This is the only way that works.”…
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