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<blockquote data-quote="LBrandt" data-source="post: 158105" data-attributes="member: 2979">Let them be. The wiskers or roots are the only things that need be in the soil. LB- - - Updated - - -Once I figure I have plenty fruit set on my tomato plants I trim some of the green back and when the tomato are half the size I want I trim some more so that most of the plant energy goes to the fruit and not the greens.&nbsp; I also never plant my tomato in the same place, I have a 5 year rotation in my garden. My buddy to the south of me about a mile has rot big time but he plants in the same place every year. You just cannot do that. My Early Girl tomato are about 10oz in size right now with a few bigger one in there and they are starting to turn. Avg about 15 to 20 tomato per plant. Big Boy and Big Beef only about 10 tomato per plant but they will get to a pound and bigger. I just use a 10-10-10 fert. about 4 times a summer. I sell enough out of my garden to cover what it costs me to grow and then share with family and friends and of course what we use and can our self. LB</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LBrandt, post: 158105, member: 2979"] Let them be. The wiskers or roots are the only things that need be in the soil. LB [COLOR="silver"][SIZE=1]- - - Updated - - -[/SIZE][/COLOR] Once I figure I have plenty fruit set on my tomato plants I trim some of the green back and when the tomato are half the size I want I trim some more so that most of the plant energy goes to the fruit and not the greens. I also never plant my tomato in the same place, I have a 5 year rotation in my garden. My buddy to the south of me about a mile has rot big time but he plants in the same place every year. You just cannot do that. My Early Girl tomato are about 10oz in size right now with a few bigger one in there and they are starting to turn. Avg about 15 to 20 tomato per plant. Big Boy and Big Beef only about 10 tomato per plant but they will get to a pound and bigger. I just use a 10-10-10 fert. about 4 times a summer. I sell enough out of my garden to cover what it costs me to grow and then share with family and friends and of course what we use and can our self. LB [/QUOTE]

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