Friday, July 20, 2012

Tomatoes - Sucker Vines


So, I've been a terrible blogger for the past month! Now this does not mean I have not been busy, in fact, quite the opposite. I have made a dress, made some real progress on my line documents, grown quite a bit of edibles, started an art course, taken some golf lessons (and yes, I still can't play and I still don't enjoy it) and remodeled a room, among other things. And here's proof...

I am still learning to grow things. This year my garden has been quite successful which is truly born out of trial and error and a lot of error. I wanted to pass along some helpful information to any tomato growers that my mom recently passes to me.  "Pinch the sucker vines." The sucker vines steal the nutrients from the rest of the plant. So what is a sucker vine? This is...

Just remove the stem growing from the center of the "v". Like this...

Plant free of sucker vine...

A neighbor that is a long-time, successful grower also gave me a helpful hint for my peppers. He said if you want hot (spicy) peppers cut back on the water. Milder, more water. 

Hope this helps you or inspires you to grow your own food.

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