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How does Bonnie grow 'em chunky?

bcfromfl
9 years ago

Hi everyone --

Sorry if this question has been asked before.

I'm getting ready to start my seeds for 2015, and wanted to know how Bonnie Plants gets their tomatoes so chunky, with deep, blue-green leaves? The inter-nodal length is short, too, even comparing the same variety with mine, and their plants sucker/branch much better.

The reason I'm starting my seeds so early is because our season is so miserably short, that I want to have plants that are close to producing by the time I set in my tubs the first of April. What has happened in the past is that I have tall, leggy plants...that are strong and healthy...but don't bloom well and set fruit early. Doesn't matter how much light I give them, or what kind of fertilizer. I can never get them to look like Bonnie's, which would be perfect.

Last year, despite me loading them up with bloom-booster fertilizer (12-55-6) after they were big enough, I got very little fruit set before the plants began getting ugly in July.

Thanks for your input!

-Bruce

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