Is It Necessary To Pinch The Blooms Off A Tomato Plant In Order For The Fruit To Grow?

Posted by admin on February 27, 2010

some say the tomatoes will not flourish because the plant will expend to much energy toward the blooms

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3 Responses to “Is It Necessary To Pinch The Blooms Off A Tomato Plant In Order For The Fruit To Grow?”

1. stretch says:

   February 27, 2010 at 2:43 pm

   Allen,
   I wouldn’t pinch the blooms off, I’d remove the suckers that appear at the “V” of a branch. This will reduce the amount of growth and allow the plant to devote more energy to the production of fruit. This is the reason a lot of tomato fertilizers are low in nitrogen. This prevents the plants from growing leggy with lots of foliage. I try to remove the suckers from most branches to allow a couple of main stems. The plant will fruit much better with larger and stronger (resist disease such as blight) tomatoes.
   good luck
2. ron_8er says:

   February 27, 2010 at 8:38 pm

   No. In fact if you do pinch them that will keep you from having the fruit grow there. It is a practice that diverts the plants energy to total growth rather than fruit production. So it depends on how large you want your plants to grow before they start to produce fruit.
3. paulofho says:

   February 27, 2010 at 10:47 pm

   Uhhh the blooms are the soon to be fruit.The reason you pinch them off when the plant is small is to encourage root and foliage growth.However once it is big enough(the plant) stop…