The Modern Victory Garden

My tomatoes are growing a lot. My dad used to clip the tops off the tomatoe vines so the "energy" would go to forming the fruit. I have already pinched off most of the suckers but the plant seems to be growing very tall and I was wondering what you all thought of clipping the plant after the last blossoms on the branch?

Thanks!!

Larry

I just talked about this very thing in my blog post this evening!    I do it all the time on the indeterminate because I want the plants to shift energy from vine and leaf production to finishing up the formation and ripening of fruit.    When I was gardening in central Washington state where the summers are longer and hotter, I never did that but here it is a good practice because the fall rains arrive pretty quickly and our window for fruit set and ripening is so short.

Thanks Laura! Funny you would have answered my question anyway. Have a great trip! Had chefs salad tonioght with the first lettuce I've ever grown! Butter crunch yum!

Larry