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02-06-2010, 08:54 PM
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Five toms to a truss.
I purchased several books on greenhouse gardening and read them last winter. One of the books stated that it was common practice among commercial geenhouse growers to limit the number of tomatoes on each truss to five. It is supposed to produce larger more uniform fruit. Although I was hesitant to try it, I did, and I am now a believer.
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02-06-2010, 11:55 PM
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what was wrong with differing sizes?
 
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03-06-2010, 12:50 AM
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As the plants are indeterminate, I decided I would try his advice, and so far I am happy. 
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No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, no culture comparable to that of the garden. But though an old man, I am but a young gardener. - Thomas Jeffereson http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/
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03-06-2010, 01:59 PM
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Hi Jack, your tomatoes certainly look really good and healthy but I just couldn't remove tomatoes from a truss as it seems such a waste!
With the commercial growers I would imagine that they use F1 varieties and in my experience F1 tomato plants usually produce uniform fruits. On top of that the EU has banned alot of heritage varieties because they only want uniform F1 fruits!  I don't know what it is like in the US but here in the UK the tomato trusses are cut from the plant still green, then gassed to force them to ripen for selling in the supermarkets. No taste, no tomato smell and rock hard!
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03-06-2010, 02:09 PM
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I have pretty much the same plants outdoors in my soil garden, which I will not be removing fruit from. It will be interesting to see the difference. And, there is only the wife and myself, and there are about 200 tomatoes on the plants in the greenhouse alone, so I can afford to experiment.
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No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, no culture comparable to that of the garden. But though an old man, I am but a young gardener. - Thomas Jeffereson http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/
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03-06-2010, 07:46 PM
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Oohhh..........Jack, all those beautiful, tasty tomatoes - I absolutely love home grown tomatoes!!
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03-06-2010, 08:07 PM
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Leslie,
I agree with your post regarding commercially grown greenhouse tomatoes. In the winter we mostly do not buy packaged tomatoes. The last thing the growers consider is taste. There are tomatoes from Canada greenhouses called Campari tomatoes that are excellent. I have some seeds, but I am not sure if they are hybrids or not. I usually grow Florida Petite tomatoes indoors under LEDs in the winter. Another reason for five to the truss is to hasten the ripening process. Hopefully, I will have tomatoes before the end of the month.
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No occupation is so delightful to me as the culture of the earth, no culture comparable to that of the garden. But though an old man, I am but a young gardener. - Thomas Jeffereson http://hydroponicworkshop.blogspot.com/
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