Hi,
I got a Micro tom tomato that is only an inch high and about a month old and it is starting to produce flowers. It is a determinate, so do determinates grow flowers/tomatoes pretty early?
Also if I pinched the flower(s) off could I encourage the plant to focus more on some leave and height growth? Does that work on determinates?
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It's the worlds smallest tomato, a very tiny dwarf only reaching about 4-6 inches. I grew one last year and it got to about 2 inches before it started to produce some flowers. But I was hoping this one would get a little bigger and I was thinking if at an inch it is already producing flowers I am afraid it won't get to the 4-6 inches.
Like I say it is a determinate, so it has determinate growth. Just wondering with determinate growth habits do you or should you pinch flowers to allow it to get bigger or would this have no or bad affect on the plant.
I think maturity is around 55 days too for this variety.
Like I say it is a determinate, so it has determinate growth. Just wondering with determinate growth habits do you or should you pinch flowers to allow it to get bigger or would this have no or bad affect on the plant.
I think maturity is around 55 days too for this variety.
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