Well shoot. Still at least a week away from planting.
So, who would pluck these vs how many of you would let them go. The only ones flowering ( so far ) are Raspberry Burst from wild boar farms, and they’re indeterminates if I remember correctly.
Early flowers like this have a tendency to abort anyway, so I’d save the plant the trouble and snip them all off. Growing indeterminates in (I’m assuming) a warm climate like yours, a single cluster won’t make a dent in your yield.
Cali_Yogurtfriend624
Give them a very nice ceremony
getcemp
I personally wouldn’t touch them. I’ve never had a problem with my first flowers aborting, like some here say they do. I’ve never had a problem with them taking too much energy from the plant. It just delays when I get my first harvest of tomatoes by a week or 2. But I also live in a much cooler climate where we don’t put them out until June, so I have to take everything I can.
Sintarsintar
Clip them off and bury half the plant and take all the leaves that would be under the soil off.
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Early flowers like this have a tendency to abort anyway, so I’d save the plant the trouble and snip them all off. Growing indeterminates in (I’m assuming) a warm climate like yours, a single cluster won’t make a dent in your yield.
Give them a very nice ceremony
I personally wouldn’t touch them. I’ve never had a problem with my first flowers aborting, like some here say they do. I’ve never had a problem with them taking too much energy from the plant. It just delays when I get my first harvest of tomatoes by a week or 2. But I also live in a much cooler climate where we don’t put them out until June, so I have to take everything I can.
Clip them off and bury half the plant and take all the leaves that would be under the soil off.
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