flowers on my tomatoes

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I’ve got six plantlets happily sitting in their growbags they’re at best six or seven inches tall and already I have a flower on the beefsteak variety. Obviously it’s way too soon to be thinking about fruits on these plants so should I just leave it to do whatever it’s going to do or do I nip it out? Any ideas.
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I would nip them off. They are to near the base and the fruit will grow and their weight will force them to sit on the growbag were they will probably rot from the bottom upwards. I like my first truss to be about 18 inches of the ground.
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Glad you asked this question! My plants are onlt about 4 inches off the ground and have flowers too!

I'll go pinch them right now!

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I also only allow 5 trusses on each plant. I believe that by keeping the number of fruits down, you get a better tomato.
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on the beefeat tomatoes you need to pinch out the leader flower,as it will grow deformed,and take the goodness from any other forming fruits.
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Oooooh! Never knew that!
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TEDDYMOUSE wrote:on the beefeat tomatoes you need to pinch out the leader flower,as it will grow deformed,and take the goodness from any other forming fruits.
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Never heard of that. For those that are not sure about tomatoes, the following site is of great help.

http://www.letsgogardening.co.uk/Inform ... matoes.htm
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