I have a young better bush tomato plant of about a foot tall, and about a foot wide. It has developed a few flowers. Should I pinch those flowers off to promote more growth, or just let it flower? I know vine tomatoes you should pinch when they are young - but this is my first bush tomato.
Thanks!
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CharlieBear
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How long has it been planted in the ground? If you planted the tomato very recently out then by all means remove the flowers, sometimes plants flower early because they are stressed like sometimes happens in those small containers at the garden shop, or when they don't get enough water when they are young. Then the try to go to seed and fast, hence early flowering. So, you probably should pinch them off and make sure that you keep the tomato uniformly damp, not wet-dry-wet-dry, that stresses them out. When the bottom leaves start turning yellow then take them off and any that are touching the ground to stave off diseases like blights. Good luck with your garden this fall.