Simple vegetable tip for huge plants

[RyanTheRhino]

No matter the plant just keep pulling off the flowers until they get huge. I know some people don't do it because they feel that is picking off potential yield but i always get higher yields by doing this. It lets the plant focus on vegetation in the early stages so it can pump them out like an Asian sweatshop the rest of the season. I did this for cucumbers one year and when i let it go i was getting 2 huge cumbers per plant every day. It was crazy you can see the flowers get pollinated and the next day there would be a foot long cucumber.

Tomatoes, peppers, & cucumbers have very good results

 

[SirLancelot]

Im doing this with my tomatoes and pepper plants as we speak. People are like why would you do that?! I try to explain the fruits are always better but still get people shaking there head lol.

 

[likethegood]

What do you mean

keep pulling the flowers

I am starting a vegetable / fruits garden tomorrow n. This sounds interesting .. is it like topping?

 

[RyanTheRhino]

Naw just pinch off flowers when they form until the plant is a hefty size

 

[likethegood]

Oh I see I'm going to definitely try this out thanks for the tip

 

[BigJon]

Oh I see I'm going to definitely try this out thanks for the tip

If u want to compare it to weed, it's like keeping it on 18/6 for an extra month

 

[+ WitchDoctor +]

So this would probably work for strawberries? I've got small plants already flowering a little, so doing this would promote more rapid vegetative growth without hurting yield?

 

[badmojo420]

Gonna try this with my chamomile as soon as i start seeing buds

 

[whodatnation]

So not exactly "any plant" Surly you wouldnt do this with cannabis Cool idea, I maaaaaaaaaayy try it. Pics??? btw a foot long cucumber growing in one day pretty is hard to believe lol

Now, I do know some veggies you pick early and often to keep production high. The mission in the plants life is to make seeds, so beans for example keep picking them when they are young before pods fill out and the plant will keep growing and producing. AA bean plant left to fully develop seeds will not produce nearly as many pods... And just like sensie MJ the longer she grows without getting pollenated to produce seed her buds will get bigger.. Seeded buds in my exp tend to be smaller.

PS: I get the idea, but have never tried it.

 

[RyanTheRhino]

So not exactly "any plant" Surly you wouldnt do this with cannabis Cool idea, I maaaaaaaaaayy try it. Pics??? btw a foot long cucumber growing in one day pretty is hard to believe lol

Now, I do know some veggies you pick early and often to keep production high. The mission in the plants life is to make seeds, so beans for example keep picking them when they are young before pods fill out and the plant will keep growing and producing. AA bean plant left to fully develop seeds will not produce nearly as many pods... And just like sensie MJ the longer she grows without getting pollenated to produce seed her buds will get bigger.. Seeded buds in my exp tend to be smaller.

PS: I get the idea, but have never tried it.

im really not lying but i guess it was 2 days. The first day is when you see the little cucumber like the size of a thumb and then the next day it blows up like a balloon. I was handing them out like tick tacks

Ill post picks when they get big enough. they are still in vegg.... if ya know what i mean

 

[RyanTheRhino]

So this would probably work for strawberries? I've got small plants already flowering a little, so doing this would promote more rapid vegetative growth without hurting yield?

yea that would work for strawberries

The only exception to this rule would be a plant that only makes 1 flower ,like corn, or a poppy , pineapple ect.

oh and dont do it if you are growing determinate tomatoes. They only produce a set number of flowers

 

[missnu]

Or you can top...which will give you a larger plant and larger yields...even with plants like tomatoes and such...plants are designed to grow 2 tops when one goes missing...

 

[RyanTheRhino]

Or you can top...which will give you a larger plant and larger yields...even with plants like tomatoes and such...plants are designed to grow 2 tops when one goes missing...

why would you top a tom? just let a sucker grow into a new branch.

After a few seasons of pruning tomatoes i have come to the conclusion that they do best if left alone. Just cut the the bottom 12" of branches at the bottom when they get large enough. I just let the suckers grow how they want now.

 

[+ WitchDoctor +]

I just took off all but one of the flowers on one of my strawberry plants. We'll see what happens, I'll post pics here if it works. Thanks.

 

[Jimmyjonestoo]

I have tomatos forming already but the plants seem to be still growing. I have 32 tomato plants this year so ill try it on a few and see if I notice a difference. Not that I'm really conserned with yield having so many plants lol but ill try it out.

 

[SirLancelot]

why would you top a tom? just let a sucker grow into a new branch.

After a few seasons of pruning tomatoes i have come to the conclusion that they do best if left alone. Just cut the the bottom 12" of branches at the bottom when they get large enough. I just let the suckers grow how they want now.

I was under the impression that the fruit never grows on these sucker braches which is why I always pluck them... although this year I've left one plant alone (besides pluckin flowers) with the suckers it's wayyy more bushy, guess I'll see the differences in a month or two.

 

[RyanTheRhino]

I was under the impression that the fruit never grows on these sucker braches which is why I always pluck them... although this year I've left one plant alone (besides pluckin flowers) with the suckers it's wayyy more bushy, guess I'll see the differences in a month or two.

I just pulled of a flower cluster from each of the grown out suckers. They are just branches the same way the side branches on your mj plant still produce bud

 

[porkweed]

cool, nice tip, will try this with one of my many tomato and cucumber plants cheers!

 

[Gyroscope]

So this would probably work for strawberries? I've got small plants already flowering a little, so doing this would promote more rapid vegetative growth without hurting yield?

If you buy Strawberry plants and they are flowering, it is best to pluck the flowers and the runners for the first year so the plant can establish itself better. Then next spring let it happen and don't pluck any flowers because its bloom season is very short.

 

[BigJon]

If you buy Strawberry plants and they are flowering, it is best to pluck the flowers and the runners for the first year so the plant can establish itself better. Then next spring let it happen and don't pluck any flowers because its bloom season is very short.

So if I'm not planning on a harvest for this year, does it matter when I plant the strawberries? They suggest May in my area but can I do it in July if Im not worrieda bout fruit until 2013?