LSTing a tomatoe plant?
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tomato plant lst i wouldnt try to be honnest.
the weight of the fruit will pull a tomato plant over and could snap stem. this is why we tie plants too trellis and support with twine/nylon ladys tights. 10 tomatos weigh more than a large bud so the plant will end up falling over spoiling the fruit of your labours.
we tend too force a tomato plant too grow upright and nip out suckers ( side shoots) these would take energy from the plants top and start producing side shoots. in the end you would have lots of small fruit and the plant struggling fatten them up. you tend too have lots of fruit thats underipe.
when we remove sucker we force the energy into the tip of the plant after a month or so you will notice your first set of flowers after 6 flower clumps have formed top the plant. energy is now forced into the flowers and fruit. your fruit will be of nice size and not small underipe balls.
only way realy too find out is LST one and see if it works
the weight of the fruit will pull a tomato plant over and could snap stem. this is why we tie plants too trellis and support with twine/nylon ladys tights. 10 tomatos weigh more than a large bud so the plant will end up falling over spoiling the fruit of your labours.
we tend too force a tomato plant too grow upright and nip out suckers ( side shoots) these would take energy from the plants top and start producing side shoots. in the end you would have lots of small fruit and the plant struggling fatten them up. you tend too have lots of fruit thats underipe.
when we remove sucker we force the energy into the tip of the plant after a month or so you will notice your first set of flowers after 6 flower clumps have formed top the plant. energy is now forced into the flowers and fruit. your fruit will be of nice size and not small underipe balls.
only way realy too find out is LST one and see if it works
I tie mine down horizontally below a vertical screen and force the sideshoots to grow vertical. One LST tomato can fire up a lot of vertical sideshoots which fill a vertical screen pretty fast. Tomatoes have the big plus that they will throw out roots where they touch the soil. The additional roots easily support the extra demand from the vertical sideshoot growth.
Probably easier to just use 10 vertical tom plants and nip out the sideshoots but its an interesting experiment
Probably easier to just use 10 vertical tom plants and nip out the sideshoots but its an interesting experiment