What does it mean to "sucker the plants" ? I'm a novice at growing tomatoes and I planted my first two this year....only yesterday. Virginia Lee Cate <leecate@cddn.com> wrote: Don, Back in the "dark ages" when I was in college I took a course in horticulture. We grew tomatoes in a field that is now covered with dormitories. At that time we had to "sucker" the tomato plants. The reasoning is that the plants will bear more tomatoes. Lee > Quite some time ago, there was information submitted about the Japanese > Tomato Ring..... Wellllll....I am trying it this year. Only going with > three plants instead of four, because that is all the wire I happened to > have. Plants are growing like mad and made my first cloth tying supports > yesterday. > > My question though, and there is controversy on this I'm sure, should I > "sucker" the plants or just let them go wild?????? ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNWEAKLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Don't be flakey. Get Yahoo! Mail for Mobile and always stay connected to friends.